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QUESTION
Are students invited to have their voices heard in school-related decisions?
2:10:38
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Students are legally required to be represented in decisions relating to school construction, and their participation is highly valued.
- Superintendent Khalek Kirkland confirms that students are legally required to have representation in school-related decisions.
- The Council District CDC includes two student members from Eagle Academy who regularly attend meetings.
- The input from these student representatives is highlighted as "phenomenal" by Kirkland.
Rita C. Joseph
2:10:38
Have students haven't been invited to participate in that since they have to live and go into those schools every single day?
Nina Kubota
2:10:46
I don't know.
2:10:47
Do we invite students?
Khalek Kirkland
2:10:49
Yeah.
2:10:49
Well, legally, they have to have student represent
Rita C. Joseph
2:10:52
representative voice matters to me.
Khalek Kirkland
2:10:54
Oh, no.
2:10:54
No.
2:10:54
It also matters to me as well.
2:10:58
Legally, an ethic we have students represented on our CDC.
2:11:03
Mhmm.
2:11:04
We have 2 proud members who absolutely attend Eagle Academy.
2:11:08
And they attend our meetings regularly, and their input is phenomenal.