Haines City opened its chambers to a different kind of meeting; one led by students.

On Thursday, students from Ridge Community High School and Haines City High School took on the roles of mayor, city commissioners and citizens, as part of a mock city commission meeting.

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Jesus Perez said his position as city attorney made him more aware of how involvement in city government affects your quality of life.

We have all these concerns about, why can't we do this? Theres not a lot of things to do here. But if they come to these meetings and they get involved and they have their voices heard, especially the youth, I feel like they would be more into consideration of doing things and voting things for us, Perez said.

The agenda included community issues th

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