By Brandon Nguyen, Staff Writer
Each year Fountain Valley High School receives a huge number of applicants for senate; however, not every student will be accepted.
“Because they’re so many senate members the problem we had in the past couple years is that people will try out for senate and make it but they don’t show up for anything,” Lindsay Brown (’16) said. “We’ve had members where we don’t even know who they are because they’re not even there.”
This huge number of applicants has made applying for senate much more difficult and more competitive. Many students see senate as a step towards joining ASB; however, this has caused major concern among some students. Senior applicants are worried that because they won’t be able to apply for the Associated Student Body (ASB) the following year, then their applications will be ignored.
“We’re not biased, but we do take it into account,” said Brown. “Senate is more based for kids that do want to make it into ASB. Senate is like a taste of ASB. We don’t discourage seniors from going in, because there are some seniors that don’t make ASB but we really want them to be in senate to help us out.”
But there does seem to be an explanation for senate’s concern about seniors. Some seniors suffer from what students like to call senioritis. Students with senioritis usually see a drop in active school participation, which causes concern not only from teachers but also from any clubs or organizations that the students are part of. In the past, there have been seniors who have made it into senate but don’t do anything just because they are seniors.
“Be excited for this year. There’s a great group of kids on ASB but also we worked hard to pick the best for senate. So this year will hopefully be really great.”
