COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio School Safety Center has named the 16 high school students who will be on the 2024-2025 Student Safety Advisory Council, according to a Department of Public Safety press release.

What You Need To Know

  • The Ohio School Safety Center has named the 16 high school students who will be on the 2024-2025 Student Safety Advisory Council

  • The purpose of the council, which was created in 2022 by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, is to “identify school safety concerns and develop innovative solutions to address them"

  • Eight of the students on last year’s council will return to mentor the new council as well as work on their community projects

The purpose of the council, which was created in 2022 by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, is to “identify school safety concerns and develop innovative solutions to address them.”

The students on the council last year will be present at the 2024 School Safety Summit—July 31 to Aug. 1 at the Columbus Convention Center—in order to present their capstone projects, according to the release.

“This year’s students took their capstone projects to new levels and got their peers more involved in the everyday safety activities at their schools,” OSSC Executive Director Emily Torok said in the release. “Our alumni members quickly got the new council onboarded and they all supported each other in a student network to promote safety across the state. I encourage everyone to reach out to their local council member to learn about their projects and initiatives. They are very impressive.”

The 2024-2025 council will include the following students:

  • Kylee Hampshire, Tecumseh High School, Clark County
  • Grace Tolliver, Bethel-Tate High School, Clermont County
  • Grant Lee, Solon High School, Cuyahoga County
  • Anshul Sharma, University School, Cuyahoga County
  • Sarah Deiley, Olentangy Liberty High School, Delaware County
  • Mingfei Shuai, Olentangy High School, Delaware County
  • Bishishta Acharya, Upper Arlington High School, Franklin County
  • Connor Burns, Loveland High School, Hamilton County
  • Braxton Glover, Northwest High School, Hamilton County
  • Caden Boyes, Mentor Lake Catholic High School, Lake County
  • Lily Sherman, Springfield High School, Lucas County
  • Christian Pearson, Marion Harding High School, Marion County
  • Hannah Hartigan, Oak Harbor High School, Ottawa County
  • Cora Dotts, Claymont High School, Tuscarawas County
  • Zane Kuczirka, Claymont High School, Tuscarawas County
  • Hunter Martin, Vinton County High School, Vinton County

Eight of the students on last year’s council will return to mentor the new council as well as work on their community projects.

“Council members will develop strategies to encourage their peers to actively engage in maintaining a safe school environment and will be advocates for students’ overall well-being,” the release reads. “Students will work directly with OSSC school safety liaisons to organize events, focus groups, and trainings to help highlight student success and safety best practices at various schools. These members will also act as a sounding board for the Ohio School Safety Working Group and OSSC on student marketing campaigns and other projects to ensure that student voices are represented.”