Class councils need more student participation

If students were to walk into a class council meeting for the Junior Class, they would be fortunate to see more than 15 people sitting in the room. Although there are over 400 students in the grade, it would still be a high attendance for the class council meetings.

While students repeatedly complain about lack of success and quality of their class’s student council, they must first realize the importance of attending such meetings.

Whether students are busy or think that it simply does not matter if they go or not, they do not realize what they are missing out on.

However, each class council is in charge of making important decisions that impact the high school experience of all their peers.

“For those people that are into school spirit and say they have big opinions and complaints on the things we do, they should at least stop by a meeting every once in awhile,” Senior Class President Anjali Mehta said. “Not many people are willing to volunteer to help out with things outside of the meeting.”

Anjali brought up one of the most important criteria of a successful class council, which is the class’s willingness to attend and help to volunteer outside of school.

Much of the Senior Class, for instance, has voiced its complaints to the Senior Class Council about the annual homecoming float building but has shown little effort to do anything about it. Such complaints have little substance because of the lack of commitment coming from the rest of the class.

According to senior Omed Sharifi, the complaints coming from the class have very little substance because of the lack of commitment coming from the rest of the class.

“We tried,” Omed said. “The people who actually cared tried.”

While the students of the Senior Class seem to feel free to complain about the finished product of the float, many of the people who complain do not seem to have the willingness to come and help when help is most needed. In order to have a successful class council, members of the class must attend.

The mindset that shirt designs and float building are frivolous is exactly what causes class councils’ projects to fail. Students should be willing to participate in class council because it is an essential factor in the final product of important school events such as Homecoming and prom.

Though these events may seem far away for some classes, students must realize that when the time comes, the more participation there was in Class Council, the more fun and successful these experiences will be.