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Members of Berwick High's team outline their ideas for a program targeting special needs students while Morgan City High students look on. They were part of Thursday's Rotary Club New Generation event at MCHS.

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Sophie Webster talks about dressing up Morgan City's street signs while Central Catholic teammates Sofia Saleme and Natalie Sloane stand by.

New Generation, new ideas

The kids are back, and they’ve got more ideas. Students from all eight St. Mary Parish high schools came together Thursday night at Morgan City High for the annual New Generation event, a Rotary Club idea now in its 24th year. The young people, in teams of three to eight this year, were asked to come up with ideas for civic improvements. It’s not just a dress-up night or an extra-credit dodge for AP kids. Actual public facilities have been planned, painted, planted, placed and constructed based on the ideas developed by New Generation participants over the years. Recent examples include Morgan ...

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