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Adopt 14 resolutions recognizing the outstanding young men and women who attended the 2019 American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State summer leadership programs
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Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Chair Vasquez requests that the Board adopt 14 resolutions recognizing the outstanding young men and women who attended the 2019 American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State summer leadership programs.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Each year, outstanding high school juniors are selected by the Rago Christopher American Legion Post 165, of Vacaville, and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 and Dixon American Legion Post 208 to attend Boys State and Girls State summer leadership programs. For more than 75 years, the program has offered hard-working students the opportunity to learn about the rights, privileges and responsibilities of our citizens. The training objectives focus on city, county and state government structure and places attendees in the position of being elected to various offices and holding mock legislative sessions, court proceedings, assemblies and more.
The 2019 Boys State and Girls State attendees include: Vacaville High School students Reid Digman, Austin Morgan and Avery Bernard; Vanden High School students Anthony Mendoza, Harkeerat Singh, Sarah Bergendahl and Hao Tran; Vacaville Christian High School students William Rivers and Lilya Gardner; Buckingham Charter Magnet High School students Mason Hall, Patrick Khoury and Cecilia Ochoa; Will C. Wood High School students Khanh Nguyen and Emily Torres.
The Rago Christopher American Legion Post 165, Dixon American Legion Post 208 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 will honor these outstanding students during their annual Youth Recognition Night, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at the Vacaville Veterans Memorial Hall.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the District 4 FY2019/20 Adopted Budget. The costs associated with preparation and purchase of the resolution materials are included in the Board’s FY2019/20 Adopted Budget.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to adopt this resolution, however, that is not recommended because this is an opportunity to honor the outstanding high school juniors who were chosen to attend the Boys State and Girls State summer leadership programs.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Rago Christopher American Legion Post 165, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 and Dixon American Legion Post 208.
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION