Do it! I’ll tell you what “it” is later told us that the El Paso Independent School District was going to change their graduation requirements to require “THE EQUIVALENCE OF AT LEAST 15 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE EACH SEMESTER WHILE ENROLLED IN A DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL”.
I wondered at the time what kind of activities would qualify as community service.
Last week I asked a few of my favorite high school students what they were doing about the requirement. Their response was a universal “huh?”. None of them had heard of the requirement.
Some of them suggested that I had left my senses.
Here we have yet another example of failure in our local governments.
We deserve better
Brutus
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There is a difference between not communicating the requirement and not listening. All high schools have told their students. Franklin for instance, announced this on their morning announcements every day for a solid week.
The district has posted a full website with all the info on it : episd.org/service and even KVIA has had stories about the program.
Also, the GRADUATION requirements have not changed at all. The participation in the commencement ceremony requirements have change. Students will still graduate even if they do not complete the hours.
Socorro and Ysleta have similar requirements.
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I would say community service is going to school and making decent grades taking advantage of the ” FREE’ education ….
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Community service is a great requirement!
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