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Students participating in the Project Citizen Program learn how
to address problems within their school or community.?
The four panels illustrate the steps for developing public policy:
1) identify and explain the problem, 2) examine alternative policies,
3) propose a public policy, and 4) form an action plan.? Each board
is accompanied by a documentation binder containing support information
for each panel.
This year a panel of judges, consisting of LRE Committee Members
and LRE community volunteers, reviewed five portfolios submitted
from across the state.? Janet Cook?s 5th grade boys from Laverne
Elementary took first place for their portfolio, "Don?t Speed It?s
a Bad Deed".? The portfolio addressed the problem of speeding in
school zones and presented strategies for eliminating the problem.?
Second place winners, Janet Cook?s 5th grade girls from Lavern Elementary
addressed the issue of replacing the community rocket slide which
had become unsafe for children.? The fifth grade girls titled the
portfolio, "Houston We Have a Problem". Union 8th Grade received
third place honors for "Proceed with Caution", addressing traffic
flow dangers in three local elementary schools.
The first place portfolio will advance to the National Competition
to be held July 25-29, at the National Conference of Legislatures
in Louisville, KY.
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