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[quote=Anonymous]Another HoCo parent who very seriously disagrees with the lawsuit and the intent.  The SMOB has a very critical role in presenting and representing the student body opinion to the BoE.  The majority of the BoE do not know what the actual conditions in the school are nor the effects of many of their decisions have on the students themselves.  The students have a right to have voting representation on the Board that makes decisions that impact their daily lives and education.

There are many liberals who felt that they were not adequately represented in our federal government over the last four years any many conservatives who feel that they are not adequately represented by the incoming administration.  This is what you are essentially doing to your students.  You are telling them that they have to accept the rule of a board of education that does not visit the schools that they preside over or actually know the impact of their decisions on students except in a macro-management manner and that the don't need to have the input of the student body that is the largest and most impacted stakeholder in decisions from the board of education.  The formative twelve years of a child's life are very important and they have a right to have a voice in how their education is managed.

I think it is horrible to try to take away the student body representation's voice in management decisions.  A better way would be to add a new board member to make 9 votes so that there are no ties rather than to take away the student representative.

I wonder how the parents would feel if the board removed the right to vote from the board member representing their district?  Would you feel like you had lost your voice in the school district?  That's exactly how the students' feel and frankly they are more impacted by every decision by the school board than any of the parents are.[/quote]

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