Abby Lim, a sophomore at Early College High School, has been elected Student Board Member for the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District for the 2008-09 school year.

She will represent the student point of view at district governing board meetings through next June.

Although the student board member's vote doesn't affect the final outcome of a governing board vote, the student member is seated with regular board members, participates in board discussion and is asked to express her opinion on all votes taken in a governing board meeting.

The student board member is elected by the district's Student Communications Council, whose members represent student government organizations across the Hart District.

The council also elected its own officers at its initial meeting of the school year: Connor Kampff, Saugus High School, president; Justin Barnes, West Ranch High School, vice president; and Karely Tamayo, Golden Valley High School, secretary.

Both the Student Communications Council and the student board member are part of the Hart District's ongoing effort to encourage two-way communication between students and the district's Governing Board and administration.

Lim, in her second year at Early College High School, maintains a grade-point average of 4.25 and is ranked fifth in her class academically.

Outside of school, she is a member of an international dance and singing group and teaches Korean at a Korean school in Northridge.

She also is a member of Visions in Progress, sponsored by the SCV Youth Advisory Committee. Her hobbies include playing the guitar, singing and dance.

Lim will be installed as student board member at the Hart District Governing Board meeting on Oct. 16.