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Burrell High School life skills students get work experience at local restaurant

Shane Dunlap
By Shane Dunlap
1 Min Read • March 18, 2023 | 3 years Ago
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Courtney Kobelenske, right, works with her daughter, Cora Kobelenske, 17, left, and fellow classmate Reagan Neal, 14, center, as she helps the pair seat guests on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Rudy’s Table, a restaurant in Lower Burrell.
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Burrell High School student Kierstin Boyer, 17, works with her mother, Melissa Boyer, right, cleaning tables and helping Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Rudy’s Table, a restaurant in Lower Burrell. Kierstin was participating in a life skills day with four students from the school.
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Burrell High School student Hannah Nix, 17, cleans a table while working Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Rudy’s Table, a restaurant in Lower Burrell. Nix is a Burrell High School studentin the special needs class, and who was participating in a life skills day with four students from the school.

Courtney Kobelenske organized a work day Saturday at Rudy’s Table, a restaurant in Lower Burrell, for special needs students in the Burrell High School life skills program.

Four students in the program participated Saturday morning.

Kobelenske expects to continue to bring more special needs students from the school for work days in the community in an effort to help teach life skills.

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Shane Dunlap is a TribLive photographer covering Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. He grew up in the Ohio Valley near Pittsburgh and has worked for newspapers as far away as Fayetteville, N.C., where he covered the U.S. Army at Fort Liberty. He can be reached at sdunlap@triblive.com.

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