Newly Elected Student Member of the Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2014

Calvert County Public Schools is pleased to announce that
Alexya Brown, sophomore at Patuxent High School, was
elected as the 2014-15 Student Member of the Board. The
position of Student Member to the Calvert County Board of
Education (SMOB) is established by the Annotated Code of
Maryland. Officially, the student is a non-voting member of
the Board; however, the student may cast a symbolic vote on
all matters coming before the Board.

The student member must be a rising high school junior or senior in one of the Calvert
County public high schools. The student member’s term runs from June 1 through the
following May 31. Further details about the requirements for service and the selection
process can be found in the Calvert County Public Schools Procedure 1200.1 Regarding
the Student Member to the Board of Education.

One of the primary responsibilities of the student member is to facilitate the flow of
information between the Board of Education and students. The student member is
expected to share appropriate information from the Board with students using a variety of
communication methods. The student should also elicit a variety of student viewpoints on
issues before the Board.

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Contact:
Karen Maxey
410-535-7220