Students Reps Named To Serve On Prince William School Board

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — The Prince William County School Board this week selected Benjamin Kim, a junior at Stonewall Jackson High School, and Tahera Hamidi, a senior from Freedom High School, as student representatives to the school board for the 2019-20 school year. Eliana Black, a senior at Hylton High School, was named alternate.

Prior to the announcing the student representatives, the board approved revisions to Policy 124, which increased the number of student representatives from one to two and established a Student Representative Senate comprised of students from each high school in the division.

The role of the student representative is to solicit opinions and views from other Prince William high school students and bring them before the board. They will also act as a conduit between the student body and the board through the Student Representative Senate, in addition to attending open sessions of regular board meetings.

The student representatives will alternate on a monthly basis sitting at board meetings and leading the new Student Representative Senate. Student representatives are non-voting members and serve one term, concluding with the final board meeting of the school year.

Kim is a member of the Spanish Honor Society and Math Honor Society at Stonewall Jackson High School and is a Seaperch Robotics Nationals qualifier. He has also been involved in track and field, cross country, basketball, lacrosse and swimming.

Hamidi is a Freedom Eagle science award winner and choir department outstanding achievement award winner. She is a member of the Freedom Marching Band, National Honor Society and International Club.

Black earned a Girl Scout USA Medal of Honor and Silver Trefoil Award, as well as the VA Summer Residential Governor's School - Humanities 2018 Girl Scout Silver Award. She has also been involved in field hockey, swimming and lacrosse.