Students hold mock board meeting

Nearly 20 students from Tinley Park, Andrew and Lincoln-Way East high schools held a mock Village Board meeting Feb. 18 at Village Hall as part of the Tinley Park Community Resources Commission’s Youth in Government program.

The program provides local high school students an opportunity to learn about Village government structure and function while experiencing their municipal government in action.

Students met in early February with their assigned Village counterparts to learn what their jobs entailed before participating in the mock meeting, which was streamed on the Village’s YouTube channel.

Participating students included Julia Bush, Haaris Malik, Adora Ogbeide, Emma Goyola, Lainey O'Boyle, Dante Redmond, Erik Schutte, Nolan Enright, Ilias Sadiki, Brian Moriarity, Gianna Vita, Erin Tinerella, Jackson Skanberg, Alexandra Sullivan, Marena Moorer, Ethan Ryan, Brianna Clayton, Mia Ricceli and Patricio Flores.

For more information on the Youth in Government program, please email tphrc@comcast.net. Watch the entire meeting at www.TinleyPark.org/TPTV.