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Santa Ana Unified introduces first student board members; district outlines role and selection process
Summary
The district introduced two student board members (Yayza Gomez and Edward Apascale) and an alternate (Giselle Carreno), described a selection process of 25 applicants screened to 10 and voted on by ASB presidents, and said students would cast a nondecisive "preferential" vote to record student opinion.
The Santa Ana Unified School District formally introduced its new student board members at the Dec. 9 meeting, a step the district described as elevating student voice in governance.
Leticia Alvarado, executive director for teaching and learning, outlined a multi-step selection process that began with 25 applicants and produced 10 screened candidates. A panel of ASB presidents reviewed anonymized candidate materials and cast votes to select two representatives…
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