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Aclass president, also known as aclass representative, is usually the leader of astudent body class, and presides over its classcabinet or organization within astudent council. In agrade school, class presidents are generallyelected by the class, aconstituency composed of allstudents in agrade level.
The practice of electing a class president is common in many countries around the world.
While a class president is similar to astudent government president in certain ways, the main difference between the two positions is that a class president usually only represents a specific grade within the school while the student government president represents the school's entire student body (for which reason they are sometimes called "studentbody president" or "school president"). Studies have shown thatco-ed schools are more likely to have male students as class presidents than female students.[1]
The primary duties of the class president usually include working with students to resolve problems, and informing school leaders and the student council of ideas emanating from the class. The president also has the responsibility of leading class cabinet meetings and organizing student activities and events. Theterm of office for a class president is one year in most schools. The student holding the office usually has the option of running again for the coming year. Also, the class president in some schools is in charge of building funds for the class to use for activities, such asprom.[2] Students in this position are also often looked to as tokenstudent voice representatives.[3] Most importantly, they create a relationship with the student body and council.
In some schools, there is a senior-class president. The senior-class president is elected by popular vote and serves as the leader of the senior class in a high school or college. They are sometimes responsible for planning some of the events surroundinggraduation. A class president will also develop leadership skills considering the daily task being given to them by the teachers and other persons. Standing in this position will emboss them as a yearning individual as well as a moreprominent and knowledgeable person over time. They can conduct the rules inside the class they are in and serve as the top eye of their classmates to initiate an excellent environment throughout the year. Traditionally, the senior-class president is in charge of planning the future reunions.
Thestereotype of the class president has beentypecast in books,[4][5] movies and television. Typicalstorylines sometimes contain anerd orunderdog claiming the title from a morepopular student. The stereotype has also been used as apoliticalallegory since the early 20th century,[6] describing everyone from thepresident of the United States to roles forAfrican-American women in theU.S. Congress.[7]
Fictional characters in the role of class president have included:
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