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Supervisor Thomas and the El Dorado County Office of Education recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Make appointments and reappointments to the 2021/22 El Dorado County Youth Commission as follows:
a) District 1: Anavi Deshmukh/Oakridge High School (Returning) and Lauryn Sumimoto/Oakridge High School (Returning)
b) District 2: Grace Lawson/Ponderosa High School (Returning) and Blake Barney/Oakridge High School (New)
c) District 3: Amanda Kendler/El Dorado High School (Returning), Emma Lopez/El Dorado High School (Returning) and Mahee Haswani/Oakridge High School (New)
d) District 4: Avery Sheridan/Charter University Prep (Returning) and Zofia Bradford/Golden Sierra High School (New)
e) District 5: Emilia Demolino/El Dorado High School (Returning) and Macy Little/El Dorado High School (New)
f) Clerk of the Board: Lucas Johnston/El Dorado High School (New); and
2) Announce the Youth Commission's annual Job Shadow Day during the Board of Supervisors Meeting held on November 9, 2021.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On February 10, 2004, the Board of Supervisors, in coordination with the University of California Cooperative Extension, created the El Dorado County Youth Commission. Oversight of the Commission transferred to the El Dorado County Office of Education in 2011 as the objectives of the Commission aligned more closely with the programs within the Office of Education’s purview.
The purpose of the Youth Commission is to collect all information relevant to advising the Board of Supervisors on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, and budgets concerning the children and youth of El Dorado County.
Some of the duties of the Commission include identifying the concerns and needs of the children and youth of El Dorado County; examining existing social, economic, educational, and recreational programs for children and youth; developing and proposing plans that support or improve such programs; and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors through their Board Liaison or their appointing Board member. Another function of the Commission is to identify the unmet needs of El Dorado County’s children and youth through personal contact with these young people, school officials, church leaders, and others; and hold public forums in which both youth and adults are encouraged to participate.
The Commission provides an annual Report to the Board of Supervisors by June each year which includes the Commission’s activities, goals and accomplishments of the past year to the full Board of Supervisors. The purpose of this board items is to seat the 2021/22 Youth Commission.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could choose not to appoint this year’s Commissioners, which would affect the Youth Commission’s ability to serve the youth of El Dorado County.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
Legistar #20-1321-item #5, October 6, 2020
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
El Dorado County Office of Education
FINANCIAL IMPACT
N/A
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
Update the Commission page.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Good Governance
CONTACT
Supervisor Wendy Thomas