18-Year-Old Gets Elected to Idaho School Board

Shiva Rajbhandari, an 18-year-old senior, just made history in Idaho. He’s the first student to ever serve on the Boise School District Board of Trustees. And he beat out a candidate endorsed by a local far-right group. “He was endorsed by this far-right group. He was repeatedly asked to disavow this endorsement and he refused to,” Shiva said. He spoke to Inside Edition Digital about what he hopes to achieve while serving.

[ladiisosinful]

I'm happy for him, he got wanted to do this and he never let go of that dream. Not only that but he's the youngest one to get on the board there! Congrats🎉

[YouVSMeTV]

Never too young to get involved in the political process. Keep at it, young man!

[Nirrrina]

They had no right to pull a student from class to the principles office to reprimand him for writing to the board.
I'd have chewed their ass out & threatened to consider suing if they didn't immediately apologize. Good job for this young man!! I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

[jaydaniel]

Welldone! I really hope he goes FAR in life.

[shellys]

What an amazing young man. I’m very proud of him.

[LoveHandle]

Finally, something good on the news for a Change.

[Familylawgroup]

Dear Shiva..l love this story. You clearly have constructed a winning strategy. Have you considered creating a website or YouTube channel showing each step of your path to elected office and share any tips you culled or lessons learned from potential missteps?

[CarlosAlvarezli]

His last name sounds the way a towel moves through wind

[DeepMeditationMusic]

Many congratulations young man! You seem to be a good role model. Keep up the good work.

[kingcollette]

I hope this person makes wise choices. 🙏🏻

[vitomcsween]

This is really a good thing who better to be on the school board than someone at age where they can understand the students better than teachers

[honotenshi]

LESS HOMEWORK. BETTER CLASSES. HOMEWORK THAT ISN'T VAGUE OR UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED! COURSES THAT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU EXPERIENCE FOR WORK.

[letsdoodlesomethinghome]

Rather vote for a student who’s been in school recently and know what needs to be done then to vote for someone who’s endorsed by a far-right group, aka they want to bring politics into the school board (which is stupid and ridiculous) and definitely don’t need what they ‘think’ needs to happen (as they’ll do what they think should happen to schools in the ‘olden days’ when they went to school) time changes..

[johnlobato]

Way to go young man I applaud you and I applaud all the young people who voted for you they obviously know we need to do something about it and change her educational system good for you

[kskufan]

Please don't tell me he's woke.

[PatrioticKoreanAmerican]

In Hindi, Shiva is the Supreme God in Hinduism, and "Rajbhandari" is an Indian king's treasurer. This kid is destined to be a public servant for America.

[kathleenweinberg]

Congratulations wish you lots of luck on your journey

[titustjmatthews]

congratulations buddy, making history, and many more in the future

[JJclips]

He loves the environment so much yet is into mask pollution 🤦‍♂️

[joshrockwell]

Now he doesn’t have to threaten people with “my mom is on the school board” now he can just he is