Principal’s Advisory Council

Each of the fourteen high schools in Mobile Public School District has created their own Principal’s Advisory Council. (PAC). Each PAC is comprised of at least two students from every grade level. Both advanced and regular students are selected from every grade level. This is done to ensure that a cross-section of students is represented on the council. The PACs meet with their principals behind close doors at least twice a month. They use suggestion boxes, classroom visits, and personal interactions to gather the concerns of their student body. In turn, they are charged with disseminating the responses from administration to the rest of the student body. Thus, the PACs have become the recognized vehicles for student voice, and by working together with the other student organizations they are effective at engaging the student body around school concerns. Because each member of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council is a member of a Principal’s Council, issues can travel (if necessary) from the students’ desk all the way up to the Superintendent.