Parents and children, many from Clarksburg, Maryland, turned out in strong numbers to protest changes to school district boundaries Tuesday night outside the Montgomery County Board of Education.
Inside board headquarters, members voted 7-1 to approve Superintendent Jack Smith’s recommendation for school district boundary changes for Clarksburg, Northwest and Seneca Valley High Schools...
...“I have two siblings, and they’re going to two different schools; and all three of us, we’re going to be going to three different schools in three different ZIP codes and that’s a lot,” Van Herksen said...
The Board of Education was informed that a possible conflict of interest may have existed with one of Dr. Smith's staff members who worked on the boundary plan. The Board chose to ignore this and voted 7-1 to approve his plan. Apparently the Board does not seem to be concerned about maintaining a sense of integrity in the eyes of the public. If they did, they would have postponed the vote till any allegations were fully investigated.
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