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Logan Wolf, a 2016 Morgan City High School graduate, was recently appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He’s shown here with former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. (Submitted)

MCHS grad appointed to Gov.’s advisory board

While still a college student, Logan Wolf is already getting experience with public service on the state level.

He was recently appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to the Governor’s Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The 20-year-old political science major at Nicholls State University was a 2016 graduate of Morgan City High School. His minor at Nicholls is international studies.

Wolf’s appointment to the Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention came after he saw a Facebook post inviting people to apply for a list of openings on many different state boards.

Wolf had been interested in getting involved in public service, so he scanned the list of openings. The juvenile justice board opening especially caught his interest.

He applied for the board not thinking he’d actually be selected. But he then got an email saying that Edwards had appointed him to the board.

“It was really a great surprise,” Wolf said.

The board doesn’t have set term limits, and appointees serve as long as the governor sees fit.

As one of the only young adults on the board, Wolf hopes to bring the energy and knowledge of being a young person to a board focusing on issues affecting young people. Many of the other board members have backgrounds working in criminal justice, and Wolf looks forward to discussing ideas with them.

He pointed to a recent decision by the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judges to no longer require pre-trial juvenile defendants to pay bail to be released from jail as a step in the right direction that all other jurisdictions in the state should follow, too. The judges stated that those defendants would no longer have to pay bail unless they’re deemed likely to not appear in court or be a danger to themselves or others, WWL -TV reported.

Decriminalizing marijuana is another way that Wolf sees that could help reduce delinquency in Louisiana among older teens and young adults. Wolf doesn’t think marijuana should be legal for younger children to use recreationally, though, he said.

After getting his bachelor’s degree from Nicholls, Wolf plans to either attend law school or get a master’s degree in foreign policy or public policy.

He was involved with a variety of organizations at Morgan City High including Key Club, which helped grow his interest in service. Helping with the parish’s Special Olympics was one of his favorite events.

Wolf was also a member of the Historical Society, which organized the school’s Veterans Day programs. He got to talk with veterans about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and issues with that department.

In addition, he was a member of JROTC , a program that he thoroughly enjoyed and through which he learned a lot, he said. Wolf was on his high school Quiz Bowl team as well due to his strong interest in history, geography and biology.

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