On Tuesday, April 8, students in the Finance and Insurance Pathway at Weaver High School presented 4 business case presentations about municipal improvements to Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam. The presentations focused on revitalizing our parks, transforming our neighborhoods, creating community spaces with locally grown foods and farmers markets and providing more affordable housing.
The presentations were extremely informative on the state of the city and offered valuable insight and solutions on how to improve Hartford. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez felt great pride watching the students present and seeing all of the hard work they put into their presentations first-hand. Hartford Public Schools is so thankful to Pamela Ennis at Ready CT for helping prepare the students for the presentation.
The names of the students presenters and their project titles were:
Yellow Group - Parkvolution - Milady, Jamal, and Kikonde
Red Group - The Legacy - Transforming Neighborhoods Cheryl, Shantana, and Tajean
Purple Group - Royalty Housing - Kevina, Vanity, Tasheka
Blue Group - Savannah, Javon, Joanna, and Krishmar
After the presentations, the students had a Q&A with Mayor Arulampalam in which the students learned more about the mayor’s work managing Hartford, and shared their thoughts and concerns on city issues.
We are deeply grateful to Mayor Arulampalam for taking the time to listen to the students as well as offering them opportunities to have seats at the table on committees that are working to revitalize Hartford.
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Weaver High School Students Present on the Betterment of their Home City