Megan Sawant, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been elected by the countywide Student Advisory Council (SAC) to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board, beginning July 1.
Sawant will participate in School Board meetings as a nonvoting member, filling the position currently held by Rida Karim, a junior at Woodson High School. She will be the 54th student representative to the School Board.
Sawant has three main focuses as student representative: increasing student engagement with the School Board, identifying and tackling academic recovery, and addressing student alcohol and drug abuse.
“Not only am I passionate about representing the voices of FCPS students, I’m also determined to ensure that the meaningful discussions and decisions at School Board meetings are shared with the students they affect,” Sawant said in a statement put out by the county school system. “I want to create two-way communication so that students feel genuinely involved in the implementation of their ideas and policies that shape their experiences.”
