Well, if the student body didn't vote to change their constitution to allow her to run, they certainly wouldn't have voted for her in the election for student body president.
I'm going to play Devil's advocate. If I'm reading the story correctly, she was already enrolled in college and receiving dual credit (college/high school.) If that's the case, she probably wasn't on the high school campus all that much. You could make a case that she would not have been able to fulfil her duties as student body president to the degree that was expected.
I agree. I am neither accepting or rejecting he idea that religion is the big issue here. It could be and there are certainly Mormons who would make it an issue,but it sounds as if there are other factors involved. There are also non Mormons who use every possible occasion to criticize the church, sometimes unfairly. As a teacher, I have seen both extremes.I,an ex Mormon,have been accused of promoting Mormonism by mentioning Mormonism and early prophets. I was teaching Utah history. Kind of hard to teach it without mentioning Mormons.I say we wait and see on this one.
Typically the class is taught by a highly qualified instuctor (i.e. masters degree holder or by a curriculum and instructor approved by the institution), over video conferencing in a special classroom, or online in the computer lab. The closest college is in Twin Falls so doubt she went all the way there. I student taught in that district as well and I doubt it has changed in 3 years.
It depends. In my neck of the woods, the kids attend regular community college classes. A friend of mine from high school (from a prominent Mormon family) enrolled as a regular college freshman. We barely saw her until she attended the high school graduation ceremony at the end of the year.
But given that the closest college to this particular girl is some distance away, I take your point.
I grew up in Utah and I remember one of the girls who became a student body officer for her senior year. She did most of her classes at UVSC and pretty much peaced out the whole year and we never saw her. One of my best friends was also an SBO and they all pretty much hated her because of it. It resonated the whole year.
If the girl is off campus all the time then she shouldn't be running for president. She might just say the whole Mormon thing because she's pissed. Not saying she is... but maybe.