Senate Updates 2020-2021

The Senate With 26 senators representing the student body, the MSMS Senate presents changes to the handbook in the form of bills. In order to pass, a bill needs a two-thirds majority vote from senators. Once passed, the bill is sent to Executive Director Dr. McConnell for evaluation. This month, senators passed five out of the six total bills presented.    The Bills The first official Sena...

The Senate With two months down and many to go, the MSMS Senate has been addressing possible changes to the school handbook. In October, Senators passed five bills, and Dr. McConnell and the administration are currently reviewing five previously-passed bills from September.    The Bills  Senator Isabella Lindley proposed a bill that would add evacuation plans, such as fire plan, tornado p...

The Senate The MSMS Senate is tasked to present bills or resolutions to propose changes to the handbook. This month, a total of five bills and resolutions were proposed by senators, and 10 bills from previous months were reviewed by the MSMS administration.   The Bills Passed by Administration Senators Jack Standard and Lucas Rader’s joint bill was approved by the administration with no com...

The Senate The Student Government Association (SGA) ended 2020 by passing ten bills in December. Executive Director Dr. Germain McConnell and the MSMS administration also reviewed previously passed bills and resolutions. As the new year rolls around, SGA is looking for two students from Frazer, one senior and one junior, and three from Goen, two seniors and one junior, who are interested in fillin...

The Senate In January the Senate passed numerous bills, amendments and resolutions and elected five new senators. The newest Goen Senators are: senior Katy Chen and juniors Vidhi Patel and Chloe Sharp. From Frazer, Senate elected Andrew Ignatius and Dalton Rainer. Passed bills, amendments, and resolutions will be reviewed by Executive Director Dr. McConnell and the MSMS administration in the near fut...

The Senate In March, MSMS senators continued to bring about improvements and changes to the handbook in the form of bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments ranging from adjusting the dress code to addressing the train that goes through campus. For the bills and resolutions passed in the senate, the MSMS administration will review and provide a verdict and reasoning why the bills are pass...