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<\/p>\nStudents to Serve as Ex-Officio Members to the Official Policy Making Body of Yonkers Public Schools District<\/p>\n
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L-R: Dr. Rosalba DelVecchio, President, Yonkers Board of Education; Lawrence Sykes, Yonkers Board of Education Trustee; Riyana De Guzman, Yonkers Board of Education Student Trustee; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Abdulrahman Sadiq-Onilenla,\u00a0Yonkers Board of Education Student Trustee; Yonkers Councilmember Tasha Diaz; Sheila Greenwald, Yonkers Board of Education Trustee; Lorraine Lopez, Yonkers Board of Education Trustee; Superintendent of Yonkers Public Schools An\u00edbal Soler, Jr. Photo by Maurice Mercado\/City of Yonkers<\/p>\n
Mayor Mike Spano\u00a0 swore in two Yonkers Public Schools students to the Yonkers Board of Education. As non-voting ex-officio trustees of the\u00a0Yonkers Board of Education,\u00a0the students join a nine-member Board, which is the official policy making body of the School District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very proud to appoint some of Yonkers Public Schools\u2019 finest young men and women to the Yonkers Board of Education,\u201d stated\u00a0Mayor Spano. \u201cThese students are the very best and brightest of our student body, exemplifying their commitment to education, fostering communication and leadership among their peers.\u00a0Congratulations\u00a0to them \u2013 I am excited to see what their future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Spano appointed the following Yonkers Public Schools student trustees to the Yonkers Board of Education:<\/p>\n
Riyana De Guzman\u00a0\u2013 De Guzman is a junior at Saunders Trade & Technical High School majoring in Biomedical Technology. She will serve as a trustee through the end of her senior year. De Guzman is the founder of the Saunders Medical Club. She also serves as a Youth Climate Activist for the Climate Resilience for Education Task Force and volunteers her time at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. She has been on the Honor Roll all three years at Saunders.<\/p>\n
Abdulrahman Sadiq-Onilenla\u00a0\u2013 Sadiq-Onilenla is sophomore at Saunders Trade and Technical High School, studying Electronic Computer Circuitry and will serve as an alternate to the Board. During his time at Saunders,\u00a0Sadiq-Onilenla has been president of the Youth2Youth, president of the Coding Club, captain of the men\u2019s basketball team, member of the Newspaper Club and is a lead technician for his First Robotics Competition.<\/p>\n
As ex-officio members of the Yonkers Board of Education, the student trustees will sit with the Board at public meetings and hearings and participate in other board activities at the Board\u2019s discretion. They will not or attend executive sessions or other non-public meetings.<\/p>\n
Board of Education President Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del\u00a0Vecchio\u00a0noted, \u201cI always enjoy hearing insights from our student trustees.\u00a0 We make decisions that impact their daily lives.\u00a0 Having their input is invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Superintendent of Yonkers Public Schools An\u00edbal Soler, Jr.,\u00a0commented, \u201cThe appointment of student trustees to the Yonkers Board of Education reflects our belief that student voice matters and should help inform the decisions that shape their educational experience. Riyana and Abdulrahman exemplify the leadership, service, and excellence we see across Yonkers Public Schools, and I look forward to the perspectives they will bring as we continue building a stronger future for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n
In September 2024, New York State Legislation was passed and signed requiring school districts to have at least one non-voting student representative on its Board of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students to Serve as Ex-Officio Members to the Official Policy Making Body of Yonkers Public Schools District L-R:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-261213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}