High school outreach

Overview

High School Outreach connects Valley students with transit advocacy through teachers, student leaders, civic classes, and classroom-ready materials. It is aimed at students who already care about public life and want a real local issue to work on.

The project focuses on practical civic engagement, not abstract youth branding.

Motivation

Many high schoolers already rely on transit to get to school, work, friends, and family. Many more would use it if service were more frequent, safer to reach, and easier to understand.

The students of 2026 are also the voters of 2030. By the time the next phase of Valley transit is on a ballot, today’s high schoolers will be in college, working, organizing, and casting those votes.

Approach

LVBT will build relationships with civics, government, journalism, and AP US Government teachers in CCSD high schools. The work will also identify student-government regulars, journalism students, mock-trial students, and other young people already looking for a cause with real consequences.

Materials will be classroom-ready and connected to Valley examples, so teachers can use them without needing to become transit experts first.

Activities

LVBT will publish classroom-ready materials that teachers can use to connect state and local government lessons to buses, street safety, and real Valley decisions. Student leaders will have a clear path from class discussion to public comment, school access projects, youth fellowship work, or campaign volunteering.

The public record will include teacher relationships, student cohorts, potential CCSD and RTC outreach partnerships, and student-led transit advocacy projects that can be supported through grants rather than treated as volunteer homework.