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OHS seniors testify in Olympia

On February 12, two seniors from Odessa High School, accompanied by OHS principal Ken Schutz, traveled to Olympia in hopes of testifying before state representatives on House Bill 1412 before the House Education Committee. Kendall Todd and Koralynne Kuch made the trip and, after an hour and a half wait, were called upon to speak.

The two students spoke against the proposed legislation, which would have made community service a graduation requirement in the state of Washington. The bill was sponsored by no fewer than 26 legislators, one of them a former secondary school teacher. Two students fr...

 

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