New Student Advisor, Delegates Join Cherokee School Board

Staff Report

The 2014-15 student advisor and student delegates to the Cherokee County School Board took office at the board’s first meeting of the new school year on Thursday Aug. 14.

The school board has included a student advisor position on its board since 1999, and in the last five years, a student delegate from each high school also has been selected. These students serve for one year to give input and feedback to the School Board; the advisor role is rotated among the county’s high schools.

This year’s Student Advisor is Parth Patel of Woodstock High School.

The Student Delegates are: ACE Academy, Richard “Alex” Fulbright; Cherokee High School, Kathryn Huller; Creekview High School, Calli Ruschmeyer; Etowah High School, Rushay Amarath-Madav; River Ridge High School, Molly Herring; and Sequoyah High School, Isabelle Riddle.

Biographies of the students are posted on the school district’s website.

“These are among our School District’s most impressive students, and we appreciate their willingness to serve in order to provide a student’s perspective to the School Board,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo said. “The students selected for these positions already are outstanding student leaders, and through this new role they will gain greater experience and insight that will serve them well as they pursue higher education, careers and, we hope, important leadership roles in their communities and our Nation.”

(Photo: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo congratulates the 2014-15 Student Advisor and Student Delegates to the Cherokee County School Board. From left to right, front row: Cherokee High School, Kathryn Huller; Creekview High School, Calli Ruschmeyer; River Ridge High School, Molly Herring; back row: ACE Academy, Richard “Alex” Fulbright; Student Advisor Parth Patel of Woodstock High School; Sequoyah High School, Isabelle Riddle; and Etowah High School, Rushay Amarath-Madav. Credit: Cherokee County School District)