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Students urge protection of STEM courses and broader athletic‑placement access
Summary
Multiple Southside students told the board to preserve computer‑science and STEM programming despite budget pressures; an eighth‑grader urged the board to reconsider Policy 7420 so more sports could be evaluated for high‑school play.
Several students addressed the board before the budget presentation, appealing directly to board members to protect classroom opportunities and to reconsider policy barriers.
Katherine, a Southside senior and founder of the school’s computer‑science honor society, said new state learning standards call for computer science and digital fluency across K–12 and that cutting STEM opportunities would move the district away from those…
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