Call it a road map to help students navigate the twists and turns of local government.

A group of Knox County high school students has developed an online curriculum to empower peers and encourage them to do their civic duty.

“We wanted to create a program that would teach kids how to address problems in the community,” said Missy Denton, 17, a rising senior at Hardin Valley Academy, who came up with the idea. “So when they grow up, they know how to make a difference and not just sit around and complain about it.”

Denton, along with other members of the Knoxville/Knox County Mayors’ Youth Action Council, partnered with the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee to come up with the Citizens’ Guide to Problem Solving – or Citizens’ GPS program.

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