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Article: OHCHS eyes forced student community service
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- May 11, 2009
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OXFORD - Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students may be
required to perform 20 hours of community service, beginning with
next fall's freshmen class.
"I think it's a great idea," said Don Gouin, a Norway
representative to the SAD 17 Board of Directors and one of the
majority of directors who approved the first reading of the measure
last week. The plan must receive board approval during a second
reading later this month.
The move will be fully implemented with the class of 2013.
Students will be allowed to find their own community service, she
said.
High school administrators decided to expand the current five-
hour community service that's required in health class because it is
part ...