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Article: HOMEROOM; A Montgomery County School Board Primer
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 3, 1999
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Dear Homeroom:
Would you please provide a profile of the members of the school
board which includes: number of years served, who they represent,
areas of interest for them. Also it would be helpful to know the
structure of the board.
Barbara Shulman
Silver Spring
I'm glad you asked. I can't tell you how many people I've run
into in Montgomery County who don't know the first thing about the
school board. Even those who know the most intimate intricacies of
the federal governmental process will look blank if they start
talking about the institution where they send their children every
day and ask, "Do we have an elected school board or an appointed
one?" So here's a very short primer.
First of ...