New Year, New StuCo

Emory Anderson
Staff Writer
  The Bonneville High School’s student council, also known as StuCo, has decided that there are some changes that need to be made. The students that will be most affected by this change are the kids who want to run. Ashley Yorgason is the advisor for this class, she oversees StuCo events. She also helps with elections and nominations for kids and makes sure that funds are in balance for student activities being held. 
  Yorgason has decided that there are things that are going on in Student Council (StuCo) and how it is run. One of the biggest changes that was made was how kids are chosen to be a part of StuCo. Instead of having the student body nominate their friends for the ballot, teachers now have the ability to nominate students who are punctual, kind, and respectful. To help Yorgason identify students who would serve the school well, she sent out a nomination form to teachers where they can suggest a student and explain why they chose them. Another major change to StuCo is that nominees will not be 100% student body. With this change, the "popular kids," according to Yorgason, will not be the only students in the election or class. Another change made is two new positions, an upper class and a lower-class representative. These positions are meant to help “our subgroup of student council run events and things like that.” One of the positive aspects to this is that this is a change people will see it happen. With this change new faces will be seen either running for StuCo or become a part of it.
  Rylann Jones, senior and student body president, joined StuCo her freshman year after participating in Rocky Mountain Middle School's National Honor Society. Her job is to help get class started. This could mean one of three things she either helps with a question of the day, what every announcement needs to be made or she does there to do of the day. As student body president, some of Jones' responsibilities include representing Bonneville, doing the morning announcements, and talking during the assemblies. One of the changes Jones would like to see next year is that more people will want to apply themselves to more communities. Although change can be intimidating for some, Jones is eager for the new StuCo changes and believes that this change will help everyone feel more useful and included.
  With these changes being made to StuCo new faces will be seen and not the same kids year after year. Along with that teachers now have the opportunity to be included a little more with the decision on the nominees for StuCo.