Friday, September 23, 2016 – SPRING HILL– Nature Coast Technical High School Senior Allison Selg was elected to serve as the student representative on the Hernando County School Board for the 2016-17 school year. Selg will be a resource to board members voicing student concerns and perspectives.
The students who were not elected will still actively participate in the School Board delegation process. They will collect and report information from their assigned schools to Ms. Selg to present to the School Board.
In addition to her new role as the School Board Student Representative, Selg is also National Honors Society President, and Student Government President at Nature Coast Technical High School. Despite her active role in school politics, Allison says she has no plans to pursue a career government politics after graduation. “I don’t think of myself as a politician, I just like representing people. I want to make sure that those who feel they are in the minority get their voices heard.”
Selg’s motivation to run for the position came from Hernando County’s first-ever School Board Student Representative, Tori Selby. “She was the first person doing it and she represented every student in Hernando County. I was super-inspired by that, and I made a promise to myself that I would work really hard to get to this spot… I’m lucky enough to be where I am now.”
Selg plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in child developmental psychology after high school. She is currently considering attending either the University of Central Florida or Florida State University.
