by Zach Kilgas |

In the past, rumors have circulated that running for Student Council was nothing more than a popularity contest. Not anymore. The Student Council Constitution has been revised to reflect the changing school. New rules have been put in place to help recruit new Student Council members that have a willingness to volunteer and serve their school.

This summer, the Leadership Council met to routinely review the Student Council Constitution, and implemented a brand new rule, editing the previous system. The new rule requires candidates, for Student Council to be submitted into an “interview process prior to running for a student council position.” Executive treasurer, Jessyka Verikas said.

“This year we eliminated club reps, and made it opens to anyone in the student body. All they had to do was fill out a packet and then go through an interview process. Also, through the interview process we were able to get kids who wouldn’t normally run for Student Council because the fear of giving a speech or fear of a popularity contest. Already, we were able to get kids that are going to be really dedicated to everything that they do within student council.” Executive President, Alex Zaborac said.

Effective August of this year, people who would like to apply for a position on Student Council must go through a series of interviews with the three club’s advisors as well as the Executive President, and Executive Vice President who are observing.

Since Student Council plans major school events such as Homecoming, Court warming, Prom, and Spirit weeks, the dedication of each member is highly valued.

The new interviewing procedures helped discover students with a willingness to work hard for their class and school and those who display leadership characteristics.

“The enforced professionalism required to be a leader on Council”, Student Council Advisor Erin Ramsey said.

The only problem foreseen to confront the new law is next year when the freshmen come up to the high school. Then it will have to be reviewed and edited in order to conform to the school’s new population.

“Every new idea is a work in progress, of course there will be some changes made when the freshman are at this school, but yes, this change has been successful already.” Executive Vice President, Tyler Hannsz said.

“I think the interviews were very successful and hope that it continues on in the upcoming years, although like most new ideas I’m sure there might be little changes in the process,” Zaborac said.

In a later interview with Melanie Prince, Student Council Advisor it was confirmed that the new interviewing process would most likely be around for a while.

“I know we’ll have to review the process with the new freshmen, but we review the Constitution every three years, so potentially it’ll be around for another three years.” Student Council Advisor, Melanie Prince said.

The new process has already proven to be helpful for Student Council by delivering dedicated members, and will ensure the professionalism needed to be a member.