Please note that this post contains affiliate links and any sales made through such links will reward MageeNews.com a small commission – at no extra cost to you.
12 students named semifinalists for 2022-23 State Board of Education junior representative position
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 12 high school sophomores/rising juniors as semifinalists for the 2022-23 SBE junior representative position.
The SBE student representative program includes one high school junior and one high school senior who serve as non-voting SBE members and provide input on policy decisions that affect Mississippi public schools. The current SBE junior representative is Micah Hill of Laurel High School, and she will serve as the senior representative in 2022-23.
The SBE received 35 applications for the 2022-23 SBE junior representative position. All 12 semifinalists will automatically become members of the State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council for the 2022-23 school year. The School Performance and Accountability Subcommittee of the SBE will conduct semifinalist interviews in April and name up to four finalists for interviews with the SBE. The appointment of the junior representative will be made at an SBE meeting June 15.
Student representatives are responsible for attending monthly SBE meetings and any standing committees or subcommittees to which they are assigned. Student representatives are excused from school to attend SBE meetings as official school business.
The SBE adopted a policy in 2018 outlining the criteria for adding student representatives to the State Board. The 12 semifinalists are as follows:
|
Semifinalists |
School District |
School |
|
Charlie Fruge’ |
Oxford School District |
Oxford High School |
|
Karastan Gamble |
Pontotoc County School District |
North Pontotoc High School |
|
Omair Jamil |
DeSoto County School District |
DeSoto Central High School |
|
Kathryn Newman |
Attala County School District |
Ethel Attendance Center |
|
Madison Payne |
Gulfport School District |
Gulfport High School |
|
Zachary Rifkin |
Lamar County School District |
Oak Grove High School |
|
Camryn Robertson |
Rankin County School District |
Northwest Rankin High School |
|
Bryce Smith |
Brookhaven School District |
Brookhaven High School |
|
Jared Smith |
Long Beach School District |
Long Beach High School |
|
Benjamin Torrey |
Rankin County School District |
Northwest Rankin High School |
|
John Walker |
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District |
Starkville High School |
|
Kaelyn Welch |
Pass Christian Public School District |
Pass Christian High School |
MageeNews.com is an online news source serving Simpson and surrounding counties as well as the State of Mississippi.
