VIDEO: Chinese American Parents Association Montgomery County BOE forum

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Posted By: Ryan Miner October 9, 2016

By Ryan Miner 

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Over 200 people turned out Friday evening, October 7, to Herbert Hoover Middle School for a Montgomery County Board of Education candidate forum that was hosted by the Chinese American Parents Association of Montgomery Couty, Maryland. The organization, according to its website, “was founded in 2016 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization representing primarily Chinese American families in Montgomery County.”

All six Board of education candidates were present on Friday evening, including At-Large candidates Jeanette Dixon and incumbent Phil Kauffman; District 2 candidates Brandon Orman Rippeon and incumbent Rebecca Smondrowski; and District 4 candidates Shebra Evans and Anjali Reed Phukan.

Part 1: Opening statements and questions:

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Part 4: Closing Statements

Early voting begins on October 27 and will extend until November 3. Election Day this year is November 8.

About the Author

Ryan Miner
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.

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