Governor Kathy Hochul aims to give a voice to students, signing legislation requiring schools to establish a process to include one non-voting student member to their board of education.
Meet Rayhan Rashid from Buffalo and Maxim Hazard from Lake Shore, two seniors in high school taking on the role of school board members in each of their school districts.
WKBW“I want to make sure I do something impactful for the next generation to come. I have siblings in Buffalo Public Schools. I want to make sure something I do will actually benefit them,” Rayhan said. “I feel like a lot of the times what actually goes on in the students’ lives never gets to the board of education.”
WKBW“I love Lake Shore, been here since kindergarten. I want to be a good representation for the student body,” Maxim said. “I think it’s important, so [the school board] understands from a student’s point of view what’s going on and their opinion.”