Sequoyah, Teasley Students To Serve On Advisory Council

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The Cherokee County School District is well-represented on the State School Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, with five of the 110 students selected for the honor hailing from county schools.

State School Superintendent Richard Woods chose the students from a pool of more than 1,500 middle and high school students who applied to serve on the 2015-16 Student Advisory Council.

Students were selected based on their answers to essay questions about public education and how to improve it.

The local students selected are: Hannah Culver of E.T. Booth Middle School; Loren Cagle and Maddison Faulkner of Sequoyah High School; and Isabella Ragozzine and Madelyn Zeiner of Teasley Middle School.

“It was refreshing and valuable to hear feedback from these students, as well as their ideas for education in Georgia,” Superintendent Woods said. “This is a great group of students with smart, varied ideas for the future of our educational system. I look forward to working with them, and I’d like to thank every student who took the time to apply and share his or her thoughts.”

The students will meet with Superintendent Woods during the school year to talk about education issues including the impact of State policies in the classroom and will serve as the Superintendent’s ambassadors in their schools.

“Students feel the impact of our decisions every day,” Woods continued. “If we are going to develop child-focused, classroom-centered policies, we must hear directly from students. We can only improve their educational experience by bringing them to the table.”

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Photo 1: Madelyn Zeiner
Photo 2: Loren Cagle
Photo 3: Maddison Faulkner
Photo 4: Isabella Ragozzine
Photo 5: Hannah Culver
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District