Student law court steps up to make a change
Councilmen Paul Vallone came to visit the student law court on April 5th. He helped them to come up with better ways to convince people, why the student metrocard needed an update and also helped editing the surveys. Picture by Nancy Pulos.
by Jaclyn Thompson, staff reporter
Councilmen, Paul Vallone, came to visit the school’s student law court. On April 5th, Law court students seeked his help to make a change to better the student MetroCard process.
Reasons and facts about student MetroCards were compiled by the student law court members to explain why more rides should be available on a single day. They also created a survey about MetroCards for other students to answer.
“Thirty-five is the magic number, then it automatically has to go to hearing,” councilman Paul Vallone said.
Vallone also helped the law court come up with ways to convince people to pass the bill for MetroCards, make edits to the survey, and overall make a better reasoning for student MetroCards to be improved.
“The student law court is working on a project to craft legislation to extend the use of MetroCards for all students in New York City, which includes all hours and days of the week to make it more equitable for all students in the New York public system. We shared our idea with him and loved it and worked with us to support it,” assistant principal Mrs. Poulos said.