ASB rejuvenates for the new school year

The ASB for the 2013-2014 school year was recently decided through student elections. The new ASB, consisting of students who will all be seniors next year, has Nikhil Goel as president, Anup Kar as vice president, Robert Eng as treasurer, Maggie Sun as secretary, Manini Desai as board representative, Stephanie Tsang and Stephanie Chu as head commissioners and Grace Ma as clubs commissioner.

This year, several students wanted to run for student body office, but weren’t able to because they didn’t attend all required ASB meetings. Several former officers had trouble running for office again because they missed too many ASB meetings.

“We had some confusion with ASB/class officer elections this year, so I think finding a new and effective way to track attendance and qualifications to run will be a challenge,” Sun said. 

Sun said that as ASB secretary she will have to track attendance, take notes and ensure that the meetings run smoothly.

Desai said that as school rep she will be in charge of serving as a liaison between the school board and the campus.

“I think the hardest part of my job will be being completely aware of the different aspects of our school and being able to convey to the school board a full sense of what our student body is like and wants in the future,” Desai said. 

Desai said that she ran for the board rep position because she enjoys participating in school life, and she didn’t feel like students were being heard by the board as much as they should be.

“Though I personally like the schedule the way it is, many of the people I talked to around school overwhelmingly agreed that they wanted a full block schedule and I was surprised when it did not pass,” Desai said. “It made me wonder if the students weren't necessarily all being heard and I would like to help improve that.”