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“我做到了！”洛杉矶联合学区学生如何影响，向学区领导学习
学生咨询委员会帮助学区就各种问题做出决策，有时还会在做出最终决定之前审查决议。
来源:EdSourceCredit: Courtesy of Alexandria Castellanos
主要要点
Each month, about 20 Los Angeles Unified students gather on Zoom to discuss some of the district’s toughest issues — from school finance to mental health — and give recommendations to help shape policy.
Should Los Angeles Unified consider closing campuses amid budget shortfalls? Are large class sizes entirely bad for students — or are they good preparation for the college lecture halls to come?是什么让学校值得上学？
These are the kinds of questions students on board member Tanya Ortiz Franklin’s Student Advisory Council consider each month. The council is one of several student advisory groups that give young people a direct line to district leaders. Other school board members convene their own councils, and the superintendent also has an advisory council.
Students “help us better understand the real challenges and opportunities in our schools, and they push us to think more creatively and inclusively about solutions,” LAUSD said in a statement to EdSource.
The councils do more than give students a chance to weigh in on issues confronting the district. They also provide a firsthand look at how school boards, district leaders and local governments make decisions — and how students can influence those decisions.
“It was real stories,” said Chibubem Okigbo, a recent graduate and former member of Ortiz Franklin’s council, who now attends Pepperdine University. “It was such a wide range of high schools in the district all working together on one plan to improve our school district.”
学生如何贡献
For Harris, the council has become a place to practice civil discourse.