Animas High School students, Marlow Mullen, 17, left, Garth Keohane, 16, center, and Rose Hinds, 17, make their presentation about placing a roof over the Durango Skate Park on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, during a mock City Council meeting in Council Chambers. Fellow students sat in as City Council members. About 60 juniors in humanities I class participated in the engaged citizenship exercise. Students made presentations that felt personal to them that included houseless individuals in the community. City councilors and staff members attended the event as well. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Animas High School students, sitting in as City Council members, listen to fellow students make their presentations on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, during a mock City Council meeting in Council Chambers. About 60 juniors in humanities I class participated the engaged citizenship exercise. Students made presentations that felt personal to them that included houseless individuals in the community. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Animas High School students, make a presentation on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, during a mock City Council meeting in Council Chambers to fellow students, sitting in as City Council members, about placing a roof over the Durango Skate Park. About 60 juniors in humanities I class participated the engaged citizenship exercise. Students made presentations that felt personal to them that included houseless individuals in the community. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)