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Students press board for meaningful, mentored nonvoting representation under Policy 1250
Summary
Members of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council presented recommendations on Policy 1250 calling for selection procedures, mentorship, safeguards against tokenism and steps to integrate student representatives into committee work; board members expressed support with questions about scope, selection, and managing expectations.
Students from the Superintendent’s Advisory Council (SAC) presented to the Wenatchee School District Board of Directors at a workshop, urging adoption of procedures under Policy 1250 to establish two nonvoting student representatives on the board and to ensure the representation is meaningful, safe and well mentored.
Sierra (student) summarized the SAC’s purpose: “to engage diverse student voices and for students to provide their input and viewpoints regarding issues impacting the WSD.” The students described a selection approach that pulls from a 14‑member SAC: applicants who are already part of the advisory council would volunteer to run, submit a short statement, and—if there are multiple volunteers—SAC members would read statements and vote internally to select two…
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