Elementary Town Hall meeting held at Beach school

Oct 29, 2009 2 min read

BOB PETCHER Members of the Beach Elementary Junior Council (l to r: Council member Dana Miller, Council member Alex Fair, Vice Mayor Madison Tezak, Mayor Matt Weber and Council member Ben Hourigan) discuss topics during their first meeting of the year. They are flanked by their counterparts on the FMB Town Council.

Beach Elementary School’s newly elected fifth grade class council held its first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8:15 a.m. in the school cafeteria. The junior council members come from the combined fifth grade classes of Ms. Rockwell and Ms. Fraley.

Throughout the month of October, the fifth graders have been taking part in a civics class led by Councilwoman Jo List, which culminated in the election of five class Council members. They are: Matt Weber (Mayor); Madison Tezak (Vice Mayor); Dana Miller (Council member – Seat 3); Ben Hourigan (Council member – Seat 4) and Alex Fair (Council member – Seat 5).

The first order of business after the election on Oct. 20, was the naming of a Class Manager (Morgan Beres) and a Class Attorney (Steven James). The Council members met with all of their constituents following the election, to identify topics for the agenda that will be discussed at the Tuesday meeting. The entire Fort Myers Beach Town Council attended the meeting to assist their newly elected junior counterparts.

Discussed topics included: physical education equipment improvements related to tether ball, kickball and football; food issues in the cafeteria; creation of “green” policies in the fifth grade classrooms; possible creation of a Beach Elementary School swim team; re-institution of the Dolphin Store; and discussion of possible additional Advanced Reading time.;