Superintendent’s Advisory Council meet for the final session of the year

On Wednesday, June 6, 2024, members of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council came to the Education Center from across the Mount Vernon City School District to convene their last meeting of the 2023-24 school year. The Superintendent’s Advisory Council is comprised of a group of student leaders selected from every school in the district.

Throughout the school year, the elementary students met each month Dr. Jamal Doggett, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Administration while the secondary students met with Dr. Beverly Jones, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Curriculum, Instruction and School Improvement. Throughout the school year, Dr. K. Veronica Smith, Acting Superintendent of Schools, would attend the Advisory Council meetings.

To celebrate the end of the students' term as Advisory Council members, the meeting room was transformed into a game room.

Dr. Doggett welcomed the students and thanked them for serving on the committee for the school year. When he asked how many of the students had affected a positive change in their school building as the result of participating on the committee, every student in the room raised their hand. 

Acting Superintendent of Schools, Dr. K. Veronica Smith joined the celebration to congratulate the students and deliver words of encouragement. Dr. Smith encouraged students to maximize their summer by investing some of their free time in their future. The students were encouraged to try to apply for summer internships and to meet with people in the field of study they are interested in pursuing. Dr. Smith also instructed them to read over the summer.   

The students celebrated the end of their term on the Student Advisory Council Committe by playing games together and enjoying a barbecue cookout-style lunch. All Student Advisory Council Committe member will receive Certificates recognizing their membership.