Board of Education Approved Focus Work Groups

English Language Learners (ELL) (End Date: May 2021)

Raaheela Ahmed, Prince George's County Board of Education, Board Member Distirct 5, Co-Chair
Ninah Jackson, Prince George's County Board of Education, Student Member of the Board, Co-Chair
Selma Basmaci, ESOL Department Chair, Oxon Hill High School
Jessica Garcia Bocaletti, SGA President, International High School @ Langley Park
Janna Parker, Community Activist
Sandra Romualdo, SGA President, Student
Maritza Solano, Director of Education, Casa de Maryland

Climate Change Action Plan (End Date: January 2022)

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Pamela Boozer-Strother, Prince George's County Board of Education, Board Member Distirct 3, Chair
Donald Belle, William S. Schmidt Environmental Center, Environmental Outreach Educator
Ja'bari Woodberry, Student
Nithin Gudderra, Student
Breanna Malcolm, Student
Nanette Amihere, PGCPS Alum, Class of 2021
Asia Gray, PGCPS Alum, Class of 2021
Mary Lehman, Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate MD-21
Deni Taveras, Prince George's County Council, Council Member District
Sonya Williams, Prince George's County Board of Education, Board Member Distirct 9
Donald Goldberg, Climate Law & Policy Project (CLPP), Executive Director and Founder
Ramón Palencia-Calvo, MD LCV/La Chispa, Deputy Executive Director
Michael Harris, Bowie State University, Capital Project Manager
Chloe Waterman, Food Equity Council/Friends of the Earth, Climate-Friendly Food Purchasing Program
Marita Roos, Neighborhood Design Center, Landscape Programs Director
Dawn Holton, Capital Programs Mechanical Engineer, A/E Design Supervisor/Senior Mechanical Engineer
Jamee Alston, Building Services, Management Analyst Energy Coordinator, Management Analyst with the Division of Supporting Services
David Hill, Transportation Operation Supervisor, Transportation Operations Supervisor
Martin Diggs, ACE/AFSCME, LOCAL 2250, AFL-CIO, President
Joseph Jakuta, Climate Parents of Prince George's, Lead Volunteer
Alveta Addison, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Michele Smith, Largo High School, Assistant Principal
Valerie Ervin, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Liaison to CEO
Kate Culzoni, Volunteer Facilitator
David W. Smith Sr., Prince George's County Board of Education, Board Staff

School to Prison Pipeline

Edward Burroughs, III, PGCPS Board of Education Board Of Education representative, Chair
Krystal Oriadha, Prince George’s ChangeMakers Coalition, Co-Chair
Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz, Prince George’s County Public Schools Student Board Member
Carletta Marrow, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Associate Superintendent for High Schools
Valerie Ervin, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Special Assistant to the CEO
Ashanti Martinez, CASA de Maryland
Amity Pope, Prince George’s County Education Association
Ellie Mitchell, Maryland Out of School Time
Gerrod Tyler, Parent of PGCPS Student
Janna Parker, Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education
Jarriel Jordan, Sr, Jacob's Ladder
Jazz Lewis, Maryland State Delegate
Michele Hall, Prince George's County Public Defender
Toni Mejias, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Shamoyia Gardiner, Strong Schools of Maryland
Michael Glynn, Prince George County State's Attorney Office
Hugh Weathers, Association of Supervisory & Administrative School Personnel

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