Case Study: Linglestown Middle School

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Linglestown Middle School is a beautiful place. Over the course of our education here we have been given many good life lessons by our phenomenal teachers. however, there are some issues. Students feel silenced by the support structures in place at our school. These are not necessarily flawed institutions, but they are not working for the student body as it is now. Many horrendous injustices become forgotten while their impact still prevails, all because a distrust in the system caused by poor communication. On a daily basis, students have upsetting encounters with their peers and teachers that they do not speak up about due to this very real distrust. Unfortunately, all of the schools' attempts to tell students that a support structure exists

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