Snowstorms, Solutions, and Civics: Missouri Teen’s Road to Nationals

Missouri is heading to the national civics spotlight this fall, and it’s all thanks to a Kansas City-area teen with a sharp eye for public policy. Konnor Chipps, an eighth grader from the Ray-Pec School District, won the state’s first-ever Missouri Civics Bee with a proposal to improve MoDOT’s winter road maintenance. His pitch—rooted in personal experience and backed by research on wages and federal funding—earned him a spot at the National Civics Bee in Washington, D.C. this November. Konnor tells about his idea, what inspired it, and how he’s preparing for the big stage.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.