Carroll Students to Serve as Pages for Maryland Legislative Session

Four Carroll County public school seniors will spend time supporting state Delegates and Senators this winter.

Each year the Maryland State Legislature invites high school students throughout the state to serve as pages on the floor of the House of Delegates and Senate. 

Carroll County is eligible to select four representatives and one alternate.  Seniors from all eight public high schools in Carroll County were eligible to apply to serve as a student page. 

The following students were selected to represent Carroll County during the 2013 legislative session:

• Bobby Crumbaugh – North Carroll High School
• Abigail Shriver – Westminster High School
• Susan Price – Westminster  High School
• Maya Spaur (like Bauer) – South Carroll High School.

Cole Holocker from Century High School will serve as an alternate.

The student page program enables high school seniors, selected by a local committee, to work as legislative pages for two non-consecutive weeks during the regular session of the legislature.  It is designed to interest youth in state government, particularly in the proceedings of the Maryland legislature according to a CCPS news release. 

The page program is also expected to increase participation in government and foster leadership among youth as well as to provide students with worthwhile experiences in state government according to the release. 

During their assignment, the pages selected for 2013 will maintain the bill books of individual delegates and senators, run errands, distribute literature and provide general assistance to the legislators.