Students from Across Tennessee Lend Their Insight To Issues Facing Public Education
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March 14, 2024
From Lewis County were Rylee Roberson, Raylee Baker, Kylie Runions, Ryker Ward
Students from Lewis County High School joined over 260 of their high school peers in Nashville on March 5 to express their views on public education in Tennessee at the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) Student Congress on Policies in Education (SCOPE). The event took place on the Belmont University campus.
Attending from Lewis County Schools were: Rylee Roberson, Raylee Baker, Kylie Runions, and Ryker Ward.
Now in its 41st year, SCOPE is designed to give students a voice where public education issues are concerned and to involve young people in finding solutions to the topics that are discussed. Attendees participated in mock school board sessions, where they assumed the roles of school board members, school officials, parents, students and concerned citizens. School board members and superintendents led the sessions.
Students then chose speakers to represent each of their 16 small groups who went on to take part in full-scale debates on current education issues.
SCOPE delegates elected 2025 SCOPE officers and they are: President: Kate Carter, Science Hill High School, Johnson City; 1st Vice President: Josalyn Harris, Morristown East High School, Hamblen County; 2nd Vice President: Drew Carver, Maryville High School, Maryville.
The Tennessee School Boards Association was organized in 1939 to provide a united voice in education for local public school boards.
The Tennessee School Boards Association is a service organization to all the state's school boards.
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