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BOE Student Member Laments Limited Role in Decision-Making Process

April 28th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

17-year-old Mitchell Septoff has been one of the more vocal student members of the Allegany County Board of Education in the 27 years that the position has existed. However, he says that he believes his voice — and those of the students he is representing –  is being largely ignored. Septoff made his frustration known during last week’s school board meeting when a vote was taken to halt discussion on the school calendar, and his input was not allowed prior to the motion being defeated…

                                

Board President Crystal Bender noted that the Allegany County school board does not permit student members to vote…