Thursday, March 24, 2016

SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT REP RIPS BUDGET, STUDENT CENSORSHIP

CHS School Board Rep Nina Kambili
The Columbia High School school board student representatives have had a strong history of speaking out for their classmates' rights. 

The previous student rep, Maggie Kritzberg, spent two years on the board and offered many important observations about what the board policies meant to the CHS population. 

And just a few months ago, alternative representative Philip Saulean let the board have it on the recent Education Summit.

But most recently, student representative Nina Kambili spoke out strongly on two issues: the proposed budget and student censorship.

At Monday night's meeting, where the board introduced a $125 million spending plan that cuts 15 staff position, including nine CHS teachers, Kambili criticized the move saying she was "dissatisfied" and said it was funding a "bloated administrative structure" instead of teachers.

Listen to her comments below:


At the same meeting, she later brought up the issue of student censorship, revealing that it has become "extremely limiting."

Hear that below:


You tell 'em Nina!