Good-Ole-Boys-In-Training

United Way of Knoxville is training future Good Ole Boys (and Girls):

A group of 12 Knox County high school students recommended allocations for $10,000 to community organizations Monday at the United Way of Greater Knoxville. The students, all part of the Youth Action Council, were given the responsibility because Knox County students raised almost that much for the United Way.

Who gets to represent Knox County high school students in recommending where the money goes:

A committee of volunteers, including local teens and officials from the City and County Mayors' Offices, determines who is selected each year to serve on the council. The committee makes every effort to ensure that the YAC is diverse and a true representation of teens in Knox County.

How representative of Knox County teens is the Youth Action Council? According to the United Way web site, Fulton and Austin-East have six (6) representatives each; Webb School has four (4); Catholic, Carter and Farragut have two each; West, Bearden, Halls and Central have a single youth in the YAC. Gibbs, Karns, Powell and South-Doyle have no representatives at all. So there's some true representation for you.