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Will Montgomery County elect more women to the county council in 2022?


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When the dust settled from the wild 2018 election one that saw dozens of Democrats compete for County Council seats Montgomery County wound up with just one woman on the nine-member council, Nancy Navarro (D).
Montgomery now has a record low number of female  councilmembers, a trend at odds with the county’s reputation as one of the state’s most liberal bastions.
But that’s about to change, according to political professionals, activists and women who plan to run for the council in the 2022 elections including some who came within striking distance in the 2018 elections. ....

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Community Members Debate Police Removal From Schools | Montgomery Community Media


Community Members Debate Police Removal From Schools
The Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) held a public hearing Tuesday in which community members shared pre-recorded statements debating the continued presence of police in schools, otherwise known as the School Resource Officer (SRO) program.
The vast majority of speakers, 24 out of 31, emphatically called for the district to terminate the SRO program citing its inefficacy and harmfulness. They requested that the Board instead direct resources to mental health services and school support staff.
”We need to stop trying to make police something that they’re not,” said Lauren Payne of Richmond High School and president of Young People for Progress. “They’re not there to be mentors. They’re not there to help students. They’re there to police students, and that’s not what students across this county need.” ....

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