Mrs. Clendenin and Mr. Juenger took Garret Hopkins, Mabry Wingerter, Emma Diskey, and Jordan Buskohl to Springfield on April 9th for the 2024 Youth Advisory Council held by Terri Bryant.
This trip was a follow-up to the trip taken in November to Rend Lake by the same group. The day started at the Capitol building where a welcome session was led by Senator Bryant and Leader Curran.
After a tour of the Capitol building, the group went to the House where they met a couple of Illinois State Representatives including Representative Rosenthal.
They met with the representatives, then the group continued to the committee room where they spent the remainder of the day. There they heard from Deanna Sullivan, a Lobbyist for education.
Once lunch was finished, each student was assigned a role for a Mock Bill Committee Hearing which covered the bill that was created by them in November.
Following this, it was discovered that the bill they had created had been passed through the committee which is not only rare but a great accomplishment for our CHS students. These students had a great day at Springfield and represented CHS magnificently!