Schools
Young Candidates Receive Support in School Board Race
Bowie residents Raaheela Ahmed, 19, and David Murray, 20, are both being backed by a new group called SavePGCPS.
The Prince George’s County School Board could look decidedly younger this fall after November’s upcoming election.
Bowie residents , 19, and David Murray, 20, are receiving support from the SavePGCPS campaign, according to a story in The Gazette. SavePGCPS was started by president of the Prince George’s County Young Democrats Larry Safford Jr. to bring changes to the school board this fall.
“The people running things now don’t feel the fire at their feet the way we do,” Stafford told The Gazette. “The thing about the candidates we’re endorsing is that they care about where they just came from.”
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District 5 incumbent and current board Chairman Verjeana Jacobs, who is running for re-election, said in The Gazette the search for a new superintendent following could be hindered by inexperience.
Jacob's opponent Ahmed is more than 20 years her junior. Ahmed will be a sophomore at the University of Maryland in College Park. Murray will be a junior at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Jacobs, 44, will be facing off against Ahmed for the District 5 seat. Ahmed beat Jacobs in the primary by almost 1,000 votes. Murray will be running against 40-year-old Zabrina Epps for the District 1 Board of Education seat.
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