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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 recomm...
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