The Matanuska-Susitna school board voted to remove most opportunities for their student representative to participate in board work.
Members of the audience wave yellow signs in support of student representative Ben Kolendo during a Mat-Su school board meeting on Sept. 6, 2023. for its student representative to participate in board work. The board passed the changes to its policy by a 5-2 vote despite overwhelming opposition from members of the public.
Board members questioned what legal training Kolendo received to become the student representative and said they supported more reports from student leadership groups at the meeting, but did not speak broadly about their reasons for the changes., board member Jacob Butcher said members had determined that Kolendo’s pointed questions during heated debates had necessitated the changes to board policy “in order to effectively and efficiently carry out our business.
“These disheartening developments have cast a shadow over my ability to continue as a willing participant within a system that, to my dismay, seems to place our self-interest above the authentic needs of our students,” Kolendo said. “AASB has long advocated that having a student voice on the board can be helpful and an asset to the board because it brings a perspective of the actual recipient of the educational program to the board table,” AASB Executive Director Lon Garrison said in an email.
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