O’Looney elected next student member of Montgomery County school board
Richard Montgomery junior will be sworn in on July 1
April 23, 2021 | 8:37 pm
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Richard Montgomery High School junior Hana O’Looney will be the next student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education.
O’Looney will be sworn in for her one-year term on July 1, replacing fellow Richard Montgomery student Nick Asante, the current student board member.
All middle and high school students were eligible to vote in the election, and about 33,000 cast a ballot, according to MCPS.
O’Looney, the vice president of the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association, received about 78% of all votes. Her challenger, Henry Kaye, received about 21%. Kaye is also a junior at Richard Montgomery.
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Board of Education meeting on Tuesday
The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss school reopenings, the recent state legislative session, an ongoing “anti-racist system audit” and the possible historical designation of a school facility.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Some school board members will attend in person while others will log on virtually.
The board will first discuss the possible historical designation of the Edward U. Taylor Science Materials Center, according to the meeting agenda.
According to state records, the center, which is in Boyds, was built in 1951. It was named for Edward U. Taylor, the “Supervisor of Negro Education in Montgomery County” from 1923 to 1951, according to the state records.
“Getting more people younger people vaccinated faster is certainly a goal,” Hogan said.
WTOP asked college and high school students whether they were eager to get vaccinated.
Sean Quiroga, 19, a student at Montgomery College, said, “There’s a good portion of students who are excited” about getting vaccinated. “They want to get back to normal.”
But Quiroga said others have expressed reservations, questioning the speed in which the new vaccines were developed.
At a recent student senate meeting, Quiroga urged everyone to get vaccinated “Because I feel like this is the only way we can go back to somewhat of a ‘new normal,’ and we can beat this pandemic.”
Members hope to finalize changes by the fall
April 6, 2021 | 10:56 am
After a yearlong hiatus, the school board has revived its debate about whether high school students should receive excused absences for mental health reasons and to participate in protests.
The school board in September 2018 first began discussing the possibility of allowing students to miss school to participate in civic engagement activities.
The consideration was sparked by a series of school walkouts that students at county high schools participated in following a Feb. 14, 2018, shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.Students were told their absences would be considered unexcused.
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