New teacher and I dont know how to handle this conflict! -- If a student creates a club one year, do they automatically hold the Position of "president" if other club members are interested in running in future years and current president is not stepping up?

I have a student who approached me to advise a club for a charity she was interested in. She obviously got the role of president that year and recruited some friends to join the club, as well as I recruited students from my classes. Throughout the year, she did not necessarily step up as a leader and did not fulfill some of her president responsibilities. Several students in the club have stepped in and really shined as leaders of the group. These students have now expressed interest in running for positions.

I set up a form for elections and emailed it to the club members. I received a very angry email from the current President student saying "as the founder and president of the club, she already has people she think would be good for these leadership positions (basically, her friends) and so we do not need to hold an election." -- personally, I found that extremely disrespectful as a student talking to an adult.

Veteren teachers.. please help!! I do not know how to handle this situation. She did approach me to be the faculty adviser and came up with the club, but has not really stepped up in any way as a leader this year! (missing meetings, not sending out payments, etc.)

Submitted May 24, 2017 at 03:48PM by lalalala12344555 http://ift.tt/2qY0agl