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RELATED: Bill to foster mentoring in schools draws bipartisan support Unlike an academic advisor or a tutor, mentors largely focus on the social and emotional wellbeing of a student, partly to foster the students’ academic achievement.  Issues can include the things affecting attendance, staying focused on work, finishing assignments and more. Mentors in the programs are all unpaid volunteers and often people who have worked with children in the community in one form or another. Many mentors are members of the community served by a school, but have no direct connection with it. The widespread use of mentors in charter and private schools is one of the things that prompted Rep. Kim Williams, D-Marshallton, and Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, to propose House Joint Resolution 1. 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