Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Student Health Relationships topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Student ambassadors report 12-point drop in inequitable beliefs in early Resilient Futures findings
Summary
A student-led Resilient Future Ambassador presentation to the Manassas City School Board reported a decline from 53% to 41% in students endorsing at least one inequitable belief, based on 1,114 surveys; presenters said classroom instruction produced the strongest gains.
TJ Rodriguez, representing the Resilient Future Student Ambassador Program, told the Manassas City School Board that early research results from 1,114 ninth- and tenth-grade student surveys show promising changes in attitudes about healthy relationships.
"The percentage of students endorsed in at least one inequitable belief declined from 53% to 41%," Rodriguez said, describing a 12-point change with some of the largest gains among male and Spanish-speaking students. He said 88% of surveyed students reported receiving healthy relationship education through PE and health classes and that classroom instruction was the strongest exposure signal in the data.
Rodriguez thanked Osborne High School staff, the program's research partners and the board for support, and said the Resilient Futures student-led component — launched in January 2026 — will expand outreach in the coming school year. He said the team plans to return in the fall with a full report and a prevention strategy for implementation in 2026–27.
The board did not take formal action on the presentation; members thanked the students and staff and invited a fuller report later in the year.
