Prince George’s County Advocates for Better Schools sent each board of education candidate a series of questions in advance of the 2018 primary election. Their responses were published on this blog in May. Candidates who advanced to the general election were given a chance to update their answers, and their responses were reposted in October and are linked below.
Questions
- Tell us about your background and your plans to move our school system forward. Why do you want to be on the Board of Education?
- What would be your top three priorities while serving on the board, if elected?
- What qualities do you believe are most important in a Chief Executive Officer?
- If you had the opportunity to chair one of the existing Board of Education committees, which would you choose and why?
- What are your impressions of the current level of parent engagement in our schools, and what ideas do you have for improving/encouraging parent and community engagement?
- What are your ideas for addressing inadequate facilities and alleviating overcrowding, while communities wait for new school construction and renovation to take place?
- Name one book you have recently read. What did you learn from it?
- There have been questions surrounding graduation rates and grade fixing in Prince George’s County. According to the WABE report, Prince George’s County students continually scored among the lowest on the SAT. What can the school system do to improve the quality of a Prince George’s County education?
- Many specialty programs (e.g. language immersion, performing arts programs) have waitlists because demand exceeds the current capacity, and some students travel long distances to attend a specialty school. Do you support the expansion of specialty schools? Why or why not?
Candidate Responses
District 2:
(Joshua Thomas did not respond to our survey.)
District 3:
(Juwan Blocker did not respond to our survey.)
District 6:
District 9:
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