Pictured are the students with Martha Sauerbrey. In the back row, from left, are Daniel Gillio, Nicholas Otey, Josiah Kasperek, David Platz, Gavin Lipko, Jack Howard, Isaac Kasperek, Matthew Otey, Marah Seaver and Ivey Seaver. In the front row, from left, are Rebecca Kasperek (teacher), Anya Karlgut, Joseph Reigle, Matthew Furgal, Amanda Hall, Anna Thayne, Veronica Cherednenko, Sienna Cook and Martha Sauerbrey (Legislative Chair). Missing from the photo is Kylie Stuart.
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, 17 Home-schooled High School students from Broome and Tioga County traveled to hear Martha Sauerbrey, legislative chair, discuss local county government.
The students attend Clear Vision Connection Co-op weekly to learn about federal, state, and local town government. Each week students are learning different parts of the government and what the jobs are for each. The students are memorizing the Preamble to the Constitution and learning the first ten Amendments. Weekly essays are written to encourage the students to research parts of the government process, and trips planned to town board meetings are required to see government in action.
Sauerbrey discussed how tax dollars help keep the county running. She shared that Tioga County has nine elected Legislative representatives that run the county government.
Tioga County has a population of 50,000 people and the county provides many services; such as, public safety, emergency services, fire, jail, social services, overseeing elections and more. She shared how the election process works and how important it is to vote when you reach 18 years old. It is a right in our country that needs to be exercised.
Sauerbrey did an excellent job presenting, and the students really appreciated her knowledge and willingness to tell them what goes on at the county level in government.
The students will be attending Albany for Legislative Days on April 4 and 5 to see the New York State government in action and visit the Assemblymen and Senators.
