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Board weighs options to implement new ex‑officio student representative requirement
Summary
Trustees discussed the state's new requirement for an ex‑officio student board member, raising questions about selection, training, age and sustainability; the board will review NYSSBA guidance and consider a rotating two‑student approach.
The board discussed a new state requirement to add an ex‑officio student representative to boards of education, focusing on how the position would be selected, what training would be required, and how to sustain participation given student age. The board agreed to review guidance from the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) and to refine a selection and term process before the July deadline.
Superintendent Ryan Pacatte noted one option: having two student members who "rotate off the board in opposite years," a structure he said he would be interested in exploring to maintain continuity. Trustees did not adopt a formal selection process at this meeting and agreed to revisit the item during the policy committee's work ahead of the reorganizational meeting.
