Student Elections Underway for Student Member of MCPS School Board (VIDEOS)
Rachit Agarwal Eric Guerci
UPDATED, April 29, 6 p.m. – MCPS will announce the results of the election for the next student member of board of education at 8 p.m. tonight, delayed due to a power outage.
According to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Student Government Association, an electrical problem at one school delayed the count.
ORIGINAL –
Montgomery County Public School students are voting today to elect the next student member of the Board of Education (SMOB).
Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High and Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery High are both on the ballot for the job. Voting takes place today, April 29.
To be eligible to be SMOB, a student must be enrolled in a MCPS school and live in the county. Students can either nominate themselves or be nominated by another student.
The two students emerged from an initial field of six candidates for the position. A SMOB nominating convention of 274 delegates narrowed the field to three on March 11. Then after a question and answer period, the delegates filled out a preferential ballot casting a first and second choice.
Both Eric and Rachit prepared a video statement to promote their candidacy. Take a look:
Eric and Rachit prepared video speeches that air in the high and middle school social studies classes. Students using an electronic voting system managed by VoteNet will select a winner. Between 70,000 and 80,000 students are eligible to vote in the election. Voting ends at 3 p.m. and results are expected by 5 p.m.
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