The JAGS program allows DCPS students representation on district committees including the dress code, the student code of conduct and mental health awareness committees.
Elijah Melendez-Eyster, a Senior at Mandarin High School, speaks with News4JAX about the Jacksonville Associaction of Governing Students.– Elijah Melendez-Eyster is a senior at Mandarin High School and part of the Jacksonville Association of Governing Students, or “JAGS,” a, aimed at providing students with a direct conduit to the highest offices in the district.
“I think that’s really important,” Melendez-Eyster said. “Just like with the regular government system, the constituents have to have input in the process and I think that that gives us as students more of a voice. It really makes the district feel more like ours, instead of just something that we’re in.”
Melendez-Eyster said part of the responsibility of the group is working to hear from all his student peers, even those who might not be outgoing enough to speak up or raise issues. “They have just as much right as we do to have their voices heard,"Melendez-Eyster said. “So, I think that’s really important, as the more outgoing people, to help get their point across as well.”
Timothy Simmons serves as the district’s regional superintendent of high schools and says the institutional nature of the advisory group allows students to engage with the district on issues that might otherwise be the subject of
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