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Show School district announces non-voting student seats The board of education in the Alpine School District will take on a new look this fall, when members are increased almost double. The additional board members won't have voting power, however, even though they will have input. Dr. Clark L.Cox, district superintendent, told board members at recent meetings that a student represent all schools in a district, local officials thought it would be more effective to have each of the high schools participate. Jan Lewis, a board member, agreed, saying having more than one student representative is the only fair thing to do because the school district is so large and diversified. representative of each of the high schools in the district will attend the meetings beginning with the new school year. The schools will be able to select their representative, he said. The student representatives will be seated at a table next to the one at which the board sits so they'll feel part of the board and not the audience. The students, Dr. Cox said, will be given a time at the board meeting to report their concerns and input from their individual schools. This will be during the portion of the meeting when board members and the superintendent give their reports. Dr. Cox said it was decided to add the student participation at board meetings after the Legislature recommended that school boards include students as non-voting members. Although the proposal of the Legislature was to have one student |
