Student Voices: Goal is to improve graduation rates in the QC

By: Dave Thompson|November 13, 2024

|5 min read

Joshua Sutor, left, a student at Western Illinois University, helps guide a middle school discussion group on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Student Voices event at Glenview Middle School in East Moline. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Lucero Pizano was happy to give her point of view during a gathering of local students on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The 12-year-old sixth grader wants people to know there are many things she likes about school, but there are also problems.

“I hope people stop being racists. … They say names like ‘border hopper’ and I tell them to stop, but they don’t stop,”…

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Student Voices: Goal is to improve graduation rates in the QC

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