The student government is slowing taking shape at Huntington High School. In a typical year the election campaign would have occurred last spring for school-wide and individual class offices, but the COVID-19 pandemic required the district to close before voting could take place.
“Right now we have our GO (General Organization) officers set,” said David Moriarty, who serves as the student government’s faculty advisor along with faculty colleague Danielle Raguzin. “We did a virtual election in the spring that had each candidate submit video speeches and our membership voted.”
Isaiah James is the president of Huntington High School's student government.
The executive board will consist of Isaiah James (president), John Holly (vice president), Jorge Parada-Cisneros (treasurer), Alexa Rind (public relations secretary) and Drew Spina (recording secretary).
“Right now we are in a holding pattern for the class officers,” Mr. Moriarty said. “The seniors and incoming freshmen are operating as a group for the time being. The rising sophomores and juniors are holding their positions they held last year.”
There is a degree of uncertainty with most facets of school operations in every district in the state as well as across the country. “However, the GO team is preparing for a regular school year as well as an online one,” Mr. James said.
The officers and advisors are keeping lines of communication open and exchanging ideas. “Right now it is not possible to include the entirety of each grade for an election process so any new elections are on hold until we can see what the fall will really look like,” Mr. Moriarty said.
Mr. James and his fellow officers are an energetic group. “Because of the pandemic, we are taking it slow in terms of planning events for the upcoming school year as we don’t really know what it’s going to look like,” Ms. Rind said.