The proposal, to be discussed next week, follows the board’s decision last year to sharply limit the representative’s role.
Updated: 16 minutes agoStudents wear protest shirts and carry signs as former Mat-Su school board student representative Ben Kolendo listens to testimony at a board meeting in Palmer on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The board limited the representative's power at the meeting.
The change was proposed to expand the perspectives shared during school board meetings from one representative to students across the entire district, according to a board policy statement.
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