High school students have joined the Prince William County School Board.
The board named its student representatives for the 2019-20 year.
Freedom High School senior Tahera Hamidi and Stonewall Jackson High School junior Benjamin Kim will serve in this role.
Hylton High School senior Eliana Black is the alternate, according to a release from Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS).
The student representatives are responsible for gathering opinions from their peers about various issues. They will also attend School Board meetings and lead a Student Representative Senate that has been established.
Student representative applicants make up the senate.
These are the Student Representative Senate members for the 2019-20 year:
- Spogmai Anwar from Colgan High School in Manassas
- Himayatullah Azizi from Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge
- Jessica Benitez from Woodbridge High School
- Nia Brooks from Brentsville District High School in Nokesville
- Teresa De Jesus Domingos-Kioza from Hylton High School in Woodbridge
- Aissata Cisse from Freedom High School in Woodbridge
- Rebecca Custer from Battlefield High School in Haymarket
- Sadara Funches from Potomac High School in Dumfries
- Thumay Huynh from Osbourn Park High School in Manassas
- Benjamin Raidman from Forest Park High School in Woodbridge
- Duaa Satti from Patriot High School in Nokesville
- Eric Sledge from Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas
