City
Name 3 cities near here.
Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, El Cerrito, Berkeley Oakland, Martinez...
What is the name of this county?
Contra Costa County
What is the name of the school district that this school is in?
West Contra Costa Unified School District.
What's the name of our state?
California
What is the full name of our country?
The United States of America
Who runs a city?
City council and mayor
Who runs the county?
The Board of Supervisors
What does the school district do?
Runs the schools in the school district
Who runs a state?
A governor, the state legislature, and state courts
Who runs the United States?
The president, the Congress (Senators and Representatives) and the US Courts
How is the city council chosen?
The voters in the city (or district of the city) elect the members of the council
How is a county Supervisor chosen?
The voters in the county (or district of the county) elect the members of the Board of Supervisors
Who is responsible for running a school district?
The school board or board of trustees
Who chooses the governor?
Voters in the state
Who chooses the President?
Voters in the US
Which of these is a city government usually responsible for?
a. The Army
b. Police
c. Unemployment insurance
b. Police
Name one thing a county is responsible for.
Health and welfare (MediCal, SNAP), low income housing, criminal justice (courts, jails, sheriff), elections, property taxes, public records (birth and death certificates, property records), much more
Who is responsible for running each school in a district?
The principal
How is the state legislature chosen?
Voters in each state legislative district choose their own legislators.
Who chooses members of Congress?
Voters in a state choose 2 senators
Voters in each Congressional district choose their Congressional Representative
Name one thing a city is responsible for.
Neighborhood safety, police, fire, library, recreation, building permits and inspection, public works, much more
Name one thing a county is responsible for.
Health and welfare (MediCal, SNAP), low income housing, criminal justice (courts, jails, sheriff), elections, property taxes, public records (birth and death certificates, property records), much more
How can you help make schools better?
Many ways!
Vote in school board elections, attend school board meetings and speak, volunteer in a classroom, talk to the teacher or principal, serve on the school site council, PTA or other committee, much more
Name one thing a state is responsible for.
Most laws, DMV, unemployment, licenses, colleges and universities, prisons, state taxes, state parks, much more
Which of these is the federal (national) government usually responsible for?
a. Police
b. Jails
c. Trade with other countries
c. Trade with other countries