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Student trustee backs dual-enrollment shift, asks wellness committee about Yerba Mate and urges gambling education
Summary
Student trustee Julian said leadership supports replacing some AP courses with dual-enrollment classes with Sonoma State for more-transferable credit, asked the wellness committee to consider Guayaki Yerba Mate for vending (raising caffeine questions), and urged adding gambling education to freshman drug education given student use of online platforms.
Student trustee Julian told the board the student leadership class supports a proposed transition from Advanced Placement classrooms to dual-enrollment classes with Sonoma State, arguing the credits are more likely to transfer. He also raised a request to discuss allowing Guayaki Yerba Mate in school vending machines, noting that the product could reduce off-campus trips for students during lunch; he asked the school wellness committee to consider caffeine and vendor-availability questions.
Julian also raised a safety concern about rising student use of online gambling platforms and urged the district to consider adding gambling education to the freshman drug-education curriculum because of the potential for addiction and financial harm. Trustees thanked the student trustee and said they would follow up with staff and the wellness committee.
