senior leaders

Experience for seniors graduating this year.

But a group made up of fayette county high school council presidents hope a special project they have worked on will help the class of 20-20 feel a little more positive about what they are going through.

Abc 36s alex king spoke with a few of the seniors involved in the project.

Sot: we are the class of 2020.

The class with clear vision.

However, i dont think any of us saw this coming.

Were no longer known as the class of 2020 vision.

Were known as the class who didnt get to finish what they started.

This is just a small part of a project the interschool council has put together for the class of 2020.

The interschool council meets monthly to discuss issues affecting their schools and the district as a whole then they outline short- and long-term goals.

The council meets with fayette county public schools superintendent manny caulk to discuss these issues and goals.

The council is tackling a major issue as the school year closes out - seniors missing out on major events like prom and graduation because of the coronavirus.

That's why they created this project.

The council put together an op- ed that will be featured in the herald leader and a youtube video.

Drew rodriguez: the message were trying to communicate is hey the seniors of this year have missed out on a lot of things, no prom, no graduation and theres been a lot of support for us in the community.

That gives us a unique opportunity, a voice to say, yeah this does stink but lets change the message to something a little more positive, theres a lot to look forward to.

The youtube video features clips of students in black and white and is mostly about reaching out specifically to their peers who are going through similar things.

The op-ed is to reach a larger audience and make sure that even though they have lost a lot of opportunities this year, theres a lot to learn.

Nasim mohammadzadeh: even though we have lost a lot of our opportunities as a class of 2020 this year like prom, graduation, our senior trips and everything like that, theres a lot we have learned as a result and we can take what weve learned and funnel it and channel it into a different kind of energy to help us become a better kind of class, a better kind of community and kind of work together to overcome a whole bunch of things in the future.

The council hopes the takeaway for those who watch their video and read their op-ed.

Is that even though this experience is difficult for everyone you can become stronger, better people because of it.

Alex king, abc 36 news.

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