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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 2024/25 El Dorado County Youth Commission as follows:
a) District 1: Sophia Sumimoto/Oak Ridge High School (Returning) and Isabella Roth/Ponderosa High School (Returning)
b) District 2: Kara Chavez/Oak Ridge High School (Returning) and Amelia Leo-Frazee/Ponderosa High School (Returning)
c) District 3: Kaitlin Fuller/Union Mine High School (New), Anna Schifferle/Union Mine High School (New) and Kieran Smith/El Dorado High School (New)
d) District 4: Jordan Jensen/Ponderosa High School (New) and Zofia Bradford/Golden Sierra High School (Returning)
e) District 5: Mareika Delmolino/El Dorado High School (New) and Eva Griscom/South Lake Tahoe High School (Returning); and
f) Clerk of the Board: Sudeep Mazumder/Oak Ridge High School (New); and
2) Announce the Youth Commission's annual Job Shadow Day during the Board of Supervisor's Meeting held on November 12, 2024.
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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 imp...
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