In Maryland, state law mandates that every public school establish a school improvement team including community members, teachers, parents, and student representatives. High school students serve alongside adults on every advisory, curriculum, and study committee that makes recommendations to the district board of education. Students also are involved with special task forces such as one focused on grading policy and another exploring alternative approached for those students where traditional high school does not tmeet their needs.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko