'Administrative transparency is not a request, it is a right.' — Student Advocate • 'Support the SMFHS movement for student representation.' • 'Administrators must be held accountable for misconduct.' — Concerned Parent • 'Change SMFHS: Our voices will be heard.' • 'Professional advocacy for student rights.' •
Here for change.
Here for the students.
IT IS TIME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS WHO MAKE SMFHS WHAT IT IS • RECOGNITION OF STUDENT VOICES IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A TRANSPARENT FUTURE • TRANSPARENCY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE • WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS • YOUR STUDENTS ARE YOUR GREATEST ASSET, TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT • CHANGE IS COMING TO STOW-MUNROE FALLS • RECOGNITION. RESPECT. RESULTS. • THE COMMUNITY STANDS WITH THE STUDENTS • STOP SILENCING THE VOICES OF THE FUTURE •
WHY STUDENT VOICES MATTER
"Why do we need this change? Things are fine as is."
Accountability Through Insight
Our presence in the classroom provides the only firsthand account of how school policies function. By sharing our experiences, we hold leadership accountable to the standards our community deserves.
Representation as a Right
As primary stakeholders, our voices must be central to every decision impacting our education. True representation ensures student needs are prioritized over administrative convenience.
Transparency for Trust
Open communication is the foundation of a healthy school environment. When we speak out, we demand the clarity and honesty necessary to build a culture of mutual respect.
TRANSPARENCY IS THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST • REPRESENTATION ENSURES EVERY STUDENT HAS A VOICE • ACCOUNTABILITY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE • OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THE PRIMARY DATA FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS • STANDING UNITED FOR OUR RIGHTS • NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US •
OUR VOICE, OUR FUTURE
THE DISREGARDS
Over the last month, us students have sent emails, conducted studies, interviews students, and doing the hard work the school lacked itself to do over the last years. We've found blatant lies within what the district had said.Â
ISSUE #1
STUDENT'S VOICES
UNHEARD
 We asked them to conduct a study over students across the school to see who actually didn't want this. This survey has yet to be made public at all, with the presentation at the Board Of Education meeting ignoring this completely. They also directly told concerned parents that "the results were overwhelmingly negative, but it doesn't matter because students don't know what they are talking about." They say they are taking the voices of students in consideration, but it reflects towards us as if they are ignoring the fact that we care.
ISSUE #2
LIES BEING TOLD
The school district has been caught lying to students to persuade them that the best schedule will be fine. One such student reported that they met with the principals and counselors to discuss their schedule and the change with their music program. The admin. Told them that all the directors were fine with in and that things were good for the band. However, this student decided to actually ask the directors and found that this whole thing was a lie in the end. Two directors didn't even know, and the ones that knew didn't even like it.Â
ISSUE #3
DETER FROM ACTIVITIES
Disincentivizing participation in clubs and classes: This school continues to push that students don't have to do everything their freshman and sophomore years, yet many students chose this because they enjoy taking a lot of classes and getting stuff done before senior year so that they don't have to take their random credits those years. The schools solution is that students can take things years apart and no consecutively. However, this incentives students to break the success and value of having classes year by year. This idea completely destroys the idea that students will foster better education when they lose that back to back connection that currently exists.Â
SUBMIT YOUR STORY
We will not be silenced. Share your grade and your firsthand account of SMFHS administrative policies. Names and emails are optional. Let your voice be the catalyst for transparency.
The NET RESULTS
84%
90%
400+
Percent of Choir Members unable to participate next year.
Percent of Students Affects by this change
Number of Signatures on the Petition
STUDENT VOICES
"It makes me so upset to find that we were told an overwhelming amount of students had voted against the schedule but that had been dismissed and then they had the audacity to say they deeply considered student feedback after everything we had said and done"
GEORGE BAXTER - ADVOCATE
"There are many opportunities that I would like to experience with a CTE my junior year. But with the 7 period schedule, I won’t be able to do that."
One Student • SMFHS
"If we all really think deeply about this, rather than just seeing that we can’t leave early because that’s all the teachers see out of this. This is affecting so much more!"
One Student • SMFHS
I’m a senior this year, but I have friends that are in grades below me and this will affect them greatly. This school makes the worst decisions and doesn’t care about us if this is what they think is a good fix.
One Student • SMFHS
"This is going to destroy electives including languages. German class is already barely hanging on, this new 'policy' won't help, not to mention how this will DESTROY some students school lives. Ask anyone."
One Student • SMFHS