A sophomore at Northwood High School and a junior at Walter Johnson High School are the finalists to become the 49th student member of the Board of Education (SMOB).
Northwood’s Leul Dawit and Walter Johnson’s Reemey Ghermay, will face off in the April 22 election. All secondary students are eligible to vote.
The two students were chosen out of a field of eight by more than 400 middle and high school delegates who attended the SMOB nominating convention at Watkins Mill High School on Wednesday.
Dawit is a field organization deputy for MoCo for Change, a certified workshop presenter for the Maryland Association of Student Councils and Environmental Education Deputy for Eco MoCo. He also serves as a Student F.A.I.R. Student Leadership Coordinator and a historian for the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association.
Ghermay is currently serving as president of the Walter Johnson High School Class of 2027, a SMOB Advisory Council’s Boundary Deputy and a Legislative Affairs Deputy for the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association. She previously served as the Montgomery County Junior Council Vice President.
A SMOB is a voting member of the Montgomery County Board of Education and can vote on matters related to collective bargaining, capital and operating budgets, and school closings, reopenings and boundaries, but not on negative personnel actions.
The SMOB is not paid, but receives a $25,000 college scholarship, Student Service Learning hours and one honors-level social studies credit.
The two finalists are pictured above between Anuva Maloo, the current SMOB.
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