Tuesday

6:30 am – Wake up

7:00 – 7:50 am – Breakfast

8:00 am – Pre-Primary Elections

8:30 – 9:15 am – General Education: Today’s topic: The Bill of Rights.

9:30 – 10:15 am- Municipal Meetings: Municipal officers begin preparing budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. Budgets will be submitted at Wednesday evening’s Municipal Meeting.

10:30 – 11:15 am- Elective Courses: Economics, Government or Law.

11:30 am –12:20 pm- Lunch

12:30 – 1:30 pm- Mini-Courses: Students who are elected to the State House of Representatives or the State Senate at the municipal level will attend the legislative session at this time.

1:30 – 5:00 pm – Recreation Period. Organized athletics, college bowl, Legislature in session.

5:30 – 6:20 pm- Dinner 6:30 – 7:45 pm- Party Conventions: Platforms and resolutions will be presented and discussed. Candidates for state-wide office are given a chance to speak to the convention.

8:00 – 9:15 pm- General Assembly: Evening General Assemblies are often used to give the Boys’ State participants a chance to hear a speech by guest speakers. Recent speakers have included Gov. Deval Patrick, Gov. Paul Cellucci, Gov. Michael Dukakis (alum), Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. John Kerry, and others.

9:30 – 10:00 pm- Municipal Meeting: Evening Municipal Meetings are often used for roundtable discussions on a variety of pertinent issues. Reports of the discussions are often given at General Education meetings the next day.

10:30 pm – Lights Out.