The first round of Student Senate elections are underway. On Monday morning, students from the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes gathered together in the Sullivan gymnasium employing the seldom used “extended homeroom” schedule to hear the testimonials of four juniors running with their partners for the offices of student body president and vice president, respectively.
Following this opportunity for voters to hear the candidates’ speeches, students flocked to the voting booth on stage in Rade to make their initial decisions during lunch periods. Each student was allowed to vote for two tickets. Candidates were Paul Haddad and Joseph Mazhuvanchery, John Napoli and Richard Benninger, Russell Ellis and Peter Simcox, and Michael Zupan and Owen Manning. After 9th period, following ballot countings by current senate leaders, it was announced that the Haddad/Mazhuvanchery and Zupan/Manning tickets would progress into the final round of voting. This will be the final slate election and decides which juniors will be inaugurated this spring as student body president and vice president.
Once the slate election is decided, the campaigning process for sophomore, junior, and senior class president, vice president, and senators will begin. Fellow students will once again have the opportunity to choose which leaders they will have represent them in the 2013-2014 school year. Potential senate members will be attending information sessions and gathering signatures from other students throughout the week. After this round elections, which will follow a similar primary/final pattern, the slate, along with Mr. Kelley and Mr. Popelka, will review cabinet member applications and select positions, and the upcoming year’s student senate will be all accounted for.
