Youth is served on the school board
Photo credit: David Pokress | Joshua Lafazan, center, celebrates with friends and classmates after winning a seat on the Syosset Board of Education. (May 16, 2012)
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Kudos to Joshua Lafazan for making Syosset school board history. Perhaps his victory will inspire other high school and college students to run for elected office.
That would be a grand thing.
Politicians often encourage young people to participate in the process by voting. But at age 18, students can do better than that.
They can do the hard work of identifying issues, working...
