Newly elected members of the Montgomery County Board of Education Grace Rivera-Oven (District 1), Julie Yang (District 3) and re-elected members Brenda Wolff (District 5) and Karla Silvestre (At-Large) were ceremonially sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 1, at Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville.

Ms. Karla Silvestre was elected to her first four-year term on Nov. 6, 2018. Ms. Yang will succeed Dr. Scott Joftus, and Ms. Rivera-Oven will succeed Dr. Judith Docca, who did not seek re-election.

The election of new officers for the Board will take place during the Board’s business meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A video recording of the ceremonial swearing-in will be available on the Board’s website at https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/live/.

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