{"id":7097,"date":"2018-01-14T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T23:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:56:27","slug":"youth-commissioners-join-county-supervisors-for-annual-shadow-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2018\/01\/14\/youth-commissioners-join-county-supervisors-for-annual-shadow-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Commissioners Join County Supervisors for Annual Shadow Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dina Gentry] &#8212;\u00a0<\/em>Pictured: (left to right)\u00a0<em>student Grace Salvestrin, Supervisor Shiva Frentzen, \u00a0student Misbah Shafi, Supervisor John Hidahl, student Dane Sheridan, Chair Michael Ranalli, student Shayan Habibi, Supervisor Brian K. Veerkamp, student Mackaela Pedersen, student Everet Frame, student Edith Rivera, student Christian Selden, and Supervisor Sue Novasel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, January 8, the El Dorado County Youth Commission participated in their annual Shadow Day, in which Youth Commissioners joined the County Board of Supervisors during one of the Board\u2019s regularly scheduled meetings. The students gained valuable insight into how local government operates; how the Board manages issues and policies, such as a public forum; appointments by the board for a variety of commissions and committees; and how to run a formal meeting. Youth Commissioners observed the selection of a new chair and several reports from government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so impressed with the Youth Commissioners and their interest in local governance,\u201d said Chair Michael Ranalli, District IV Supervisor. \u201cWe appreciate them coming out to our meeting and being active participants in the decisions that shape our county.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each year the County Board of Supervisors works with the El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) to appoint interested high school students from across the county to the Youth Commission to engage student engagement in local government. Through the program, students gain valuable leadership skills along with the ability to share the perspective of youth regarding local issues. \u201cOur youth hold the keys to a bright future, so the Youth Commission plays a vital role in developing the leaders of tomorrow,\u201d noted Dr. Ed Manansala, County Superintendent of Schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lot about how local government works and how people enact policy,\u201d said Oak Ridge High School senior Shayan Habibi. \u201cI appreciate even more how our board deals with so many different issues. They have to become experts in a lot of areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Commission\u2019s mission is to help identify the needs of El Dorado County youth and communicate those needs to their representatives at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that students see how local government is one place people can really make a difference,\u201d said Brian Veerkamp, District III Supervisor. \u201cIt is one place that being a civil servant can make an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dina Gentry] &#8212;\u00a0Pictured: (left to right)\u00a0student Grace Salvestrin, Supervisor Shiva Frentzen, \u00a0student Misbah Shafi, Supervisor John Hidahl, student<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7098,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions\/7098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}