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Broken Arrow swears in six sophomores to Youth City Council
Summary
The city swore in six students to a three-year Youth City Council program that exposes sophomores through seniors to municipal government, travel opportunities and civic responsibilities, officials said.
The Broken Arrow City Council swore in six students to the city's Youth City Council, Aaron McCullough, the city's director of communications, said on the City Council Rewind podcast.
Councilor Justin Green described the Youth City Council as "an amazing program" that enrolls students in a three-year track beginning in their sophomore year and continuing through their senior year. "We work with students from sophomore, junior to senior year, and we help these students who have a civic mind understand how municipal government works," Green said. He said the program includes meetings with city departments, work with nonprofits and travel opportunities.
The hosts said six sophomores were sworn in: Lindsey Cunningham, Alexis Foster, Kinley Lang, Reed Bacon, Claire Nance and Pranav Reddy. The program, Green said, expects participants to maintain their GPAs, attend meetings and complete community service hours. Green added that senior-year participants travel with city officials to Washington, D.C., and that the group sometimes travels to the state capital in earlier years.
The podcast did not include details about the selection panel beyond noting that applicants are reviewed and accepted before the school year begins. It also did not state whether the swearing-in required a council vote, or provide an exact date for the ceremony beyond "last night," as referenced on the recording.
Sponsors mentioned on the podcast include the council and the vice mayor of parks; specific vice mayor name and any formal ordinance or policy establishing the program were not cited in the discussion.
