Student Government Day

Student Reporter: Jarred Lucas


Student Government Day was held at the Sheboygan County courthouse in Sheboygan Wisconsin on April 15, 2009. Students from various high schools around the county were invited to participate in an advanced look into local and county wide government operations. Students were brought into the county council meeting room where they participated in a mock debate led by local 4-H leaders and a few county officials. At this debate everyone was given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the subject at hand.


After the debate was finished all the attending students were brought into the Sheboygan County Jail and shown around the facilities including holding cells, the navigation center, as well as the emergency center. While in the jail, students were given opportunities to have various questions answered by the Chief of Police in Sheboygan County. From this point the students were led into the courthouse and where allowed to again ask questions to the assistant District Attorney. Finishing up the court experience was Judge James Bolgert. He put together a mock trial and used this trial to teach the students of the trial procedure.


After the trial was over everyone in attendance was provided with a lunch, donated by the local lions clubs. The lunch was followed by a seminar about local opportunities for kids to help out in government. With lunch being over, the students where led in their two groups to the records offices and were allowed to look up local records and land ordinances. Many students seemed interested and spent a lot of time looking through land blue prints and were even allowed to take old land prints home with them. On behalf of everyone that attended Student Government Day we would like to thank the Sheboygan County 4-H club and the Lions Club of Sheboygan.