Just a few hours before Tenby town councillors took their seats in the Mayor's Parlour for their meeting on Tuesday evening, the next generation of local youngsters, who might have a say in the future running of the resort, were there to hold a meeting to transact some business of their own. The Observer was summoned to attend the meeting of Tenby Junior School Council, where council members were made up of pupils representing each class. Pupils were given the chance to air their views on a variety of topics affecting everyone at the school, with subjects on the agenda including safety around the school, are the school monitors proving to be effective, and tidiness of the cloakrooms. The meeting was also witnessed by some more experienced townspeople, as Mayor Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane, deputy mayor, Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter, and former mayor, Clr. Mrs. Caroline Thomas, listened to proceedings, no doubt keen to compare the debating skills of the school council with their own board members, and to see how chairperson Lucy Morris governed the discussions. Also invited to the meeting was sustainable schools food procurement project officer for Pembrokeshire County Council, Elizabeth Callard, who answered a number of questions from the children regarding school dinners, and explained to them how the county council's project was looking to introduce more local produce into their range of dinners. Class teacher, Mrs. Averil Upham, who co-ordinates the council explained after the meeting how the pupils convene once a month. "Every class is represented by a student councillor, who get the chance to get together once a month for discussions, as well as holding class meetings in between," she said Clr. Mrs. Lane was impressed by the level of debate amongst the pupils. "I think the children made their points superbly well, discussing a number of very relevant topics to their school," she said. "It's an excellent idea to hold these meetings to show the pupils how proceedings amongst all councils work in a similar way, as the town is going through a phase of not enough people wanting to stand for the local council, a school council might give them a taste for wanting to represent the town later in life. "Some of the young councillors reminded me of the town's representatives at the moment, but I won't label them as to who just yet," she smiled.