LEESVILLE — The city is unveiling a program that will give students an opportunity to find out what it’s like to run the city for a day.
The contest, open to public and home-school students, was the idea of Mayor Rick Allen, who thought students would enjoy the opportunity, said public relations director Tammy Sharp.
“The mayor thought it would be fun and educational to give them the chance to find out for themselves,” Sharp said. Her department researched similar programs in other cities and pieced together a program for Leesville students, she said.
Contest winners will get a $50 gift card, a ride in a fire truck during an upcoming parade, a commemorative T-shirt and plaque, and the chance to shadow the mayor for a day and tour the city’s facilities.
Allen said the community response will help decide whether the program will become an annual event.
“We’ll see how well it works, confer with the principals, teachers and parents to see what kind of impact it had, and then decide if we’ll do it again,” he said.
“We’re hoping that children will, first of all, be inspired to not only think about the kind of world they want to live in, but also about how to achieve that kind of world by working within existing systems. Dreaming is the easy part and while we want to encourage our children to dream, we also want them to be grounded in real life and ready to push up their sleeves and get to work making that dream a reality.”
Competition criteria are based on grade level, but all submissions must focus on what students would do if they were mayor. Grades 3-5 are asked to submit a poster in a medium of their choice, while grades 6-8 will submit essays of 500-1,000 words. The top seven finalists will have the opportunity to conduct a mock City Council meeting.
Students in grades 9-12 will compete by submitting a PowerPoint presentation of one to three minutes in length, and the top three finalists will get to make their presentations to the City Council during a regular session.
The deadline for all submissions is Dec. 28. For more information, call the mayor’s office at 337-239-2444.
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