Minford High School
Homecoming Queen Procedure

1.    All candidates for Homecoming Queen must be female.

2.    Each freshman sophomore, and junior homeroom will nominate one candidate to vie for attendant.

3.    All nominees will be listed alphabetically on paper ballots and voted on by the entire class in which the candidate is a member. The candidate receiving the most votes will be the winner.

4.    All vocational students will meet as a separated unit to nominate candidates to represent the vocational school.  This girl may be either junior or senior.  The candidates will be placed in alphabetical order on paper ballots and voted upon by the vocational students only.  The girl receiving the most votes will be the vocational attendant.

5.    All seniors, including the senior vocational students, will meet as one group to nominate candidates from the senior class to nominate to vie for queen.  If more than five candidates are nominated from the floor, the senior class will vote by secret ballot.  Each student may vote for only one candidate.  The five girls receiving the most votes will compete for homecoming queen.

6.    The entire student body, including the vocational school, will vote on the five seniors competing for queen.  The girl receiving the most votes will be the queen.  The girl receiving the second most votes will be the senior attendant.

7.    No freshman, sophomore, junior, or vocational school may be elected attendant more than once for either football or basketball homecoming.  However, any previous attendant may compete for queen or senior attendant.

8.    The football Homecoming Queen may not compete for basketball queen or attendant.

9.    The principal or faculty advisors may appoint someone to count the votes.  There must be more than one person present during the counting.  All ballots will be retained in the principal's office for two weeks.

10.    All voting will conclude at the end of the appointed time.
 


Escorts

1.    The escorts will be chosen by the attendants and must be members of their class.  The vocational school escort should be a vocational school student.

2.    Football homecoming escorts cannot be members of the football team.  Team captains will crown the queen.

3.    Basketball homecoming escorts will be members of the basketball team.  If there is no vocational student on the basketball team, then any junior or senior member of the team may be chosen by the vocational attendant.  Team captains will crown the queen.
 


Ceremonies

1.    The football ceremonies will be held on the field during halftime.  In case of inclement weather, the ceremonies will be held in the gymnasium after the game.

2.    The basketball ceremonies will be held between the reserve and varsity game.

3.     The queen and her court should use good judgment and cooperate with one another when choosing their attire for the ceremonies, which will be subject to approval by the class advisor.