Boys, Girls State programs offer unique look into legislative process

Theodore Roosevelt High School seniors Ronald “Scottie” Spears and Ethan Young were nominated to attend The American Legion Buckeye Boys State conference in June by Portage American Legion Post 496. Submitted photo

Boys, Girls State programs offer unique look into legislative process

- Wendy DiAlesandro

High school teachers across the county will soon be responding to a tough request from their local American Legion post.

They’ll be asked to submit the names of junior boys who they consider to be “head of the class.” Building principals will whittle the list down to the top six nominees, and those names will be forwarded to the local American Legion.

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