Playing things by the Book

Valencia High senior selected as student board member for Hart district

High school senior Brennan Book has been selected as the student board member of the William S. Hart Union High School School District board of trustees for the 2018-19 school year.

Book is the Associated Student Body president at Valencia High School and the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Valencia.

Book was selected by the Student Communications Council, or SCC, which is made up of one student from each junior high and two students from each high school.

These students meet monthly with Superintendent Vicki Engbrecht and district spokesman Dave Caldwell. The council discusses a variety of subjects ranging from simple school dances to complicated politics. Book has served on the Communication Council since his sophomore year, and became president in his junior year.

Book said being a student board member is a great opportunity to represent the students in the

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I’ve been in student government since grade school. I tend to gravitate towards it, and I love being in these leadership roles.” Brennan Book,

student board member of the Hart district

Hart District.

“I’ve been in student government since grade school,” Book said. “I think I tend to gravitate towards it and I love being in these leadership roles.”

Student board members, while nonvoting, are allowed to ask questions from presenters at board meetings but are not allowed access to anything confidential. Book reports monthly about a variety of activities and events being addressed by the students in school and in the council.

Hart board President Steve Sturgeon said the students in the Hart district are known nationally for their successes in academics, athletics and achievements

in arts and science. This is nowhere more evident that the student board members who serve with the governing board each year.

“Their ability to bring a student focus on all relevant topics helps the board hear and understand what our students are thinking and feeling,” Sturgeon said. “They continue to make a significant contribution towards the district’s future.”

“Brennan is no exception,” he added. Upon graduation, Book hopes to attend UCLA and study economics or political science. He would also like to attend a seminary after college to study theology and eventually end up in ministry.

“My passion is philosophy and theology,” Book said. “All of this will tie into my long-term goals.”