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HOMEROOM; A Montgomery County School Board Primer
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
June 3, 1999| Author:
Karin Chenoweth
| Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
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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...
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