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Laurel mayor's summer job program highlights interns' hands-on city experience
Summary
High school interns described a month of scanning records, field inspections, studio recording and IT tickets during a Community Conversations episode; participants cited gains in Microsoft skills, public speaking, and urban planning exposure.
Host Sharf Friedberg opened an episode of Community Conversations by introducing the mayor's summer job program and saying it featured high school interns placed across city departments in Laurel.
The program, described on-air as selected through a competitive process, placed students in departments including public works, communications, the mayor's office, information technology and budget and personnel services. “Selected through a competitive application process, these interns embarked on a season of hands on learning, professional development, and community engagement,” the host said during the program introduction.
Interns gave concrete examples of daily work. Allison, an intern in the Department of Public Works, said, “I pretty much just go in. I start scanning, papers so that everything can be pretty much more digital,” describing routine records work aimed at digitizing files. Arthur Somerville, also in public works, described field inspections and fixing small problems such as a malfunctioning street light control box.
The broadcast noted a minor transcript discrepancy: the episode begins by mentioning “10 exceptional high school students” but the host later refers to “the 9 interns.” The program directed listeners seeking more information to cityoflaurel.org and the mayor summer job page.
The show underscores the city's effort to provide practical municipal experience to young residents while helping departments with day-to-day tasks.
