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Civic Day brought the Canfield community together
CANFIELD
Canfield community officials banded together Friday, teaching teens about government for the 36th annual Civic Day.
High-school students took a tour of their community’s governing infrastructure, seeing their future taxpayer dollars at work through mock meetings with the board of education, city council and township trustees.
Brian Governor, Canfield Township trustee chairman, said the tours and open conversations that Civic Day provides gives students the opportunity to better understand their local forms of government.
“Everyone here at Canfield Township enjoys having the students visit township hall so we can share our history and how we operate,” he said.
Don Dragish Jr., city council president, said Civic Day is a nice community event because it brings the city and the township together to teach students about government.
“The nice thing is the fact that you can show it to the kids and let them kind of see how things are kind of run, while at the same time, they get to open up and see the process and meet those people in charge,” Dragish said.
Mayor Bernie Kosar Sr. said he just likes communicating, as a government official, with young people. His favorite discussion topic is problem solving and government – especially when a community is both a township and a city.
“It’s an excellent idea for those young people to get insight into how both forms of government work,” he said.
Kosar said the opportunity for officials and students to communicate isn’t just useful to the students for learning purposes, but for future career purposes, as well.
Dragish hopes involving students in events will encourage them to be a part of a government process down the road.