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WURTLAND, Ky. (AP) — Whether drawing a poster, stringing beads, or practicing math skills together, Izik Baldridge and Jameson Polley are friends.
And they have been pretty much since the first day Jameson came to Izik's special education classroom as a peer mentor, one of a group of students who spend one class period each day working with special education students.
Jameson helps him and other kids in his class with schoolwork and in the process pass along social skills the children need to fit in with their peers at school.
It's a new program first-year special education teacher Stacy Black launched at Wurtland Middle School.
Students who sign up to be mentors keep busy each day with tasks including?tutoring in academic areas and preparing materials for upcoming classes
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