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Wheat Ridge 102 students propose school-year youth council to boost civic engagement
Summary
Participants in Wheat Ridge 102 recommended creating a student-led youth council (high-school members with middle-school constituents), pilot it at Wheat Ridge High and Everett Middle, and build mentor support, a school-year term, and small operating budgets for recognition and refreshments.
Wheat Ridge City Council heard a proposal Dec. 1 from students in the Wheat Ridge 102 Civic Academy to create a student-led youth council that would connect high-school representatives with middle-school constituents to amplify youth voices and produce tangible projects for the city.
The youth engagement team said the program would not replace existing student councils but would be structured to create meaningful representation and a pipeline for future participation. "The missing piece here was a youth council," one presenter said,…
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