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Students and instructor urge board to preserve SBI honors program as administrators propose CTE pathway options
Summary
Students, alumni and SBI’s instructor told the board they rely on the School of Business & Industry (SBI) honors cohort for college preparation, mentorship and stability; administration said it wants to expand CTE pathways but agreed to pause two agenda items and hold further discussions to avoid disrupting the existing honors cohort.
Dozens of current and former students and SBI program alumni filled the meeting to press the board not to convert the School of Business & Industry honors track into a general-education offering or to weaken the small-cohort model that students say provides mentorship, rigorous coursework and large scholarship returns.
Multiple student speakers — including Shauna Bruner, Mikaela George, Adrianna Jackson, Kayla McNish and others — described SBI as a selective honors pathway that teaches long-form writing, public speaking and entrepreneurship and provides networking, internships and scholarship…
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