Student Board Member

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Graduating class of 2024 are eligible to apply and if selected, may only participate in one year of service as a student board member.
• Maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average (GPA), submit unofficial transcripts
• Complete the application including two (2) letters of recommendation (from admin or teachers or counselor) and written responses 
• Interested applicants must advocate for student voice in the decision-making process and demonstrate the qualities of a student leader, such as:
  • Professional/Mature 
  • Problem Solver
  • Critical Thinker 
  • Responsible
  • Collaboration 
  • Creative 
  • Articulate 

Moreno Valley Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying in all district programs, activities, and employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, parental or marital status, pregnancy, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
 

Student Board Members will be part of the Superintendent's Student Leadership Advisory Council.

Serving on the School Board as a Student Board Member has similar requirements as other MVUSD extracurricular and co-curricular activities. Per CA Education Code, Student Board Member serve for one year, between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.   

Student Board member will sit on the dais and will present the Student School Report and vote on items. While they will have a preferential vote on the Board of Education's agenda, Student Board member will not participate in Closed Sessions, nor will their preferential vote affect the final numerical outcome of a Board vote. Student Board member may make motions that the Board may act upon and are allowed to question speakers (items on the agenda) and discuss issues except on matters dealing with employer-employee relations or closed session.
 

Board meetings begin at 6:00 p.m. and Study Sessions begin at 5:00 p.m. All meetings are held in person, in the Board Room, at 25634 Alessandro Blvd., Moreno Valley, CA 92553. 

Serving as the voice of students’ district-wide, the position of Student Board Member requires a significant, dedicated commitment of time to:
•    Prepare for and attend Board meetings and Study Sessions (public session); Responsible for reading all board meeting related materials
•    Basic understanding of principles of good governance
•    Participate in peer inquiry and discussing issues
•    Basic understanding of The Brown Act, required to attend any CSBA (California School Boards Association) available training as soon as possible
•    Cast, prior to the official Board vote, preferential votes on all matters (except those subject to Closed Session)
•    Must commit to attending meetings in person
•    Represent District students at Board-related events, including conferences and the annual CSBA Conference in December
•    Willing to share viewpoints, both to the Board, to all students and to the public at large
•    Must be willing to dress professionally at Board meetings and at all events where the Student Board Member is there in an official capacity
•    Must be willing to look beyond one’s own school and its needs, see students and the district as a whole. Must put aside one's own "school spirit" for "district spirit" while representing the Board
•    Must speak on behalf of ALL students
•    Must be willing to prepare for school board meetings by knowing the issues and preparing individual comments