This year’s campaigning is over and the votes have been tallied: junior Riki Schmitt will be next year’s Associated Student Body (ASB) president, edging out Kimberly Coverly in total votes. Junior Henry Ashworth will serve as vice president.
Schmitt was pulled out of her second period class by ASB advisor Darcy Perez to be told the news.
“Mrs. Perez stuck her head in the door and I thought, ‘Well, this is it,’” Schmitt said.
Schmitt is currently the events director for Renaissance, a program that gives incentives for students to maintain a GPA of at least a 3.0.
However, she felt that she could reach out to the school more as president.
“When you’re ASB president, you get to help with every aspect of the school and that’s what appealed to me,” she said.
Schmitt ran for junior class president last year but lost to Coverly.
“Going into this election was pretty nerve wracking because I lost to Kimberly last year, but when I was thinking about it, I knew I had to try because I think that there can be a lot done with the position, and I think that I will do a lot with it,” Schmitt said.
Coverly will now serve as Renaissance staff relations director and will be in charge of planning staff parties and gifts.
“I don’t have any grudges against her [Riki], because it was a fair race and I know she’ll do a great job,” Coverly said.
Coverly chose Renaissance staff relations director as her second choice instead of senior president because she didn’t want to run against friends who are campaigning for that position.
Perez was pleased with both Coverly and Schmitt’s campaigning.
“The great thing about this year’s presidency is that both candidates really care about people and they have their heart in it,” said Perez.
Ashworth, who ran unopposed, will oversee Renaissance as vice president.
“I think Renaissance Fridays need to be revamped,” Ashworth said, “We make kids wear their shirts [now], but they should want to wear them as a symbol of pride.”
Ashworth also wants to increase the percentage of students at Foothill who are in Renaissance to 90% and to make FLIGHT (an incentive program for students with a GPA under 3.0) more of a stepping-stone towards Renaissance.
