Columbus, Upper Arlington high school students team up, present housing solutions to city leaders
High school students in two anthropology classes go to school only 15 minutes apart in Upper Arlington and North Linden, but the distance between them felt farther than it really was.
That was, until Erase the Space, an organization that facilitates year-long learning exchanges between different schools in the Columbus metro area to encourage students to research a social issue, brought the young anthropologists from suburban Upper Arlington and urban Columbus Alternative High Schools together.
The two groups worked so well together they decided to extend their collaboration past their junior year.
Erase the Space held an event Tuesday at the Community Impact Center in downtown Columbus where groups containing both Upper Arlington and Columbus Alternative seniors could present their research and ideas on affordable housing issues to city leaders.
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