By James Nguyen, Caitlin Pham and Colette Nguyen, staff writers
The first meeting of House of Representatives has been reinstated and will take place on Thursday, Dec. 11 from the beginning of Baron Academic Time to the end of third period.
House of Representatives, or HOR, is an organization at FVHS consisting of students from each third period class on campus.
“The purpose [of the House of Representatives] is for the student body to have an opportunity to have questions answered, concerns aired or ideas shared,” said Josh Lamar, Assistant Principal of Activities. “It is a student centered activity conducted by ASB and attended by a variety of staff.”
Dates for the meetings are determined by ASB and the staff. According to Lamar, HOR meetings will occur preferably once every quarter. Meetings begin with a list of announcements and end with attendants discussing possible solutions to issues brought up during the meeting. If not all issues are addressed, they are carried over to the next meeting.
After the meeting, representatives return to their third period class with information discussed by the House of Representatives and relay it back to their classmates.
The HOR meetings are meant to allow students to discuss anything they have to say about the school. The purpose of the organization is to create a effect and impact on the students and faculty because it allows students to voice their own opinions directly to the administrators and immediately receive a response.
Some students and teachers have noticed that the House of Representatives meetings have not been held since the last school year. However, most have not been affected by it. This may be due to the fact that most students and teachers are still not sure what the organization is specifically for.
“I noticed we didn’t have elections [for representatives] in our third period but I didn’t really think of it that much ‘cause I don’t know, it never really affected me in any way,” said Jake May (‘15).
In addition, many students are unaware of the impact of the discussions that occur during the meetings.
“To be honest, I don’t really get a lot of feedback when the kids do come in with what happen at the meeting, so it’s hard for me to even know what they’ve put to action,” said Kami Bigler, ceramics teacher.
However, Lamar believes that the process of House of Representatives meetings are still effective and necessary.
“Your average student sometimes doesn’t have an audience to talk to,” said Lamar. “Sometimes we’re not aware of things until someone brings it to us and we wouldn’t be able to hear those things unless we have a House of Reps type of activity.”
