Tahoma High students present Branches of Government unit to Maple Valley City Council

Five students from Tahoma High School presented the Branches of Government unit from the school’s "We the People" program to the Maple Valley City Council at a special meeting March 9 at Lake Wilderness Lodge. The presentation was listed on the agenda under "Presentation"; the transcript records that Colton Baker, Tanya Goel, Hudson Chambers, Lily Jacoy and Cole Donald Wolf provided the presentation.

Deputy Mayor Didem Pierson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Councilmembers Syd Dawson, Victoria Schroff, Dana Parnello and John Herbert were present; Mayor Sean P. Kelly is recorded as arriving at 6:15 p.m. City staff listed as present included City Manager Laura Philpot, System Administrator Michael Dunning and City Clerk Andrew Dacuag.

The transcript does not include verbatim remarks from the students or a recorded question-and-answer exchange with councilmembers; it records only that the students provided the presentation. No motions, votes, or formal council actions related to the presentation are recorded in the minutes for this meeting.

The special meeting was adjourned at 6:22 p.m., and the minutes were certified by City Clerk Andrew Dacuag as noted in the document.

Because the transcript records only the occurrence of the presentation without additional detail, this report limits claims to what is documented: who presented, the unit title, attendees, and procedural timestamps.