Participatory Budgeting
THE POLLS ARE OPEN! CAST YOUR VOTE BY MARCH 14th!
What is Participatory Budgeting? Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic
process in which community members decide how to spend a part of a public
budget. In this case, the community members are students— even families,
teachers, and staff—and the budget is a part of the school budget. Students
collect ideas about the school’s needs, develop project proposals, and vote on
projects to fund. The PB project is meant to emulate, on a smaller scale, the
process utilized by several New York City Council community districts.
Participatory Budgeting at Richmond Hill
As part of Participatory Budgeting 2025, RHHS has been allocated $2,688 to fund a
project proposed, researched, and promoted by students that will improve the
students’ quality of life at school. This year, student Research Committee groups
across 12 senior Economics classes created over 50 initial proposals. Each class
then voted for one project to represent their class. These semifinal proposals were
then presented to our student Steering Committee, who narrowed the final ballot
down to 4 final project proposals for our school wide vote.
Students, families, staff and the entire Richmond Hill community -
Now YOU have a chance to vote on the winning Participatory
Budgeting proposal to be funded!
CLICK HERE OR SCAN THE QR CODE TO CAST YOUR VOTE
BY 2pm, MARCH 14th