NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 10 semifinalists to serve as the SBE junior student representative in the 2021-22 school year.
The SBE student representative program includes one high school junior and one high school senior who serve as non-voting SBE members and provide input on policy decisions that affect Mississippi public schools. The current junior SBE representative, Amy Zhang from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, will serve as the senior representative in 2021-22.
The eligible applicant pool for the rising junior representative included 73 students, an increase from 23 last year.
Student representatives are responsible for attending monthly SBE meetings and any standing committees or subcommittees to which they are assigned. Student representatives are excused from school to attend SBE meetings as official school business.
The SBE adopted a policy in 2018 outlining the criteria for adding student representatives to the State Board.
Semifinalists will be interviewed in June and up to four finalists will be named. The SBE will interview the finalists and appoint one rising junior.
The 10 semifinalists are as follows:
|
Name |
School District |
School |
|
Ms. Kayle Amos |
Rankin County School District |
Brandon High School |
|
Ms. Aminata Ba |
DeSoto County School District |
DeSoto Central High School |
|
Ms. Carrie “McKenzie” Bivens |
Houston School District |
Houston High School |
|
Mr. Joshua Bowman |
Rankin County School District |
Northwest Rankin High School |
|
Ms. Alexs Chen |
DeSoto County School District |
Center Hill High School |
|
Ms. Madison DeVaul |
Rankin County School District |
Northwest Rankin High School |
|
Ms. Micah Hill |
Laurel School District |
Laurel High School |
|
Mr. Keerthin Karthikeyan |
Oxford School District |
Oxford High School |
|
Ms. Isabella Reynolds |
Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
Pascagoula High School |
|
Ms. Ella Watts |
Columbia School District |
Columbia High School |
