student involvement
Establishing a student government
Over the course of several months last school year, Jeff Elliott’s advisory periodically stepped away from its usual business, like talking over concerns about mastering classes, getting through the Gateway or coping with the stresses of early college work. Instead, the group debated the finer points of what an effective student government should look like [...]
Getting students to help rule the school
It’s early February and temperatures have been well below freezing for a week, but on this evening Metro’s parking lot bustles with cars, winter-clad people moving quickly toward the school doors. Students and parents sign in and are handed a small cardboard box that contains a remote control before taking a seat in the chair-loaded school cafeteria.
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