Board of Education Meeting, April 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4EcH7ow7qI After the meeting opening, board prayer, and pledge of allegiance, the roll is taken. Murray and Thomas are absent. The April 7 work session minutes are approved unanimously. The news break is titled “The Magic of Reading” and focuses on a book vending machine sponsored by Geico that was installed at Bladensburg Elementary School and the “book fairy” teacher whose students have enjoyed the offerings. The board then presents its “unsung hero” award to Delores Millhouse, a parent of two PGCPS students and staunch advocate for the county’s language immersion programs. She is in the audience that evening with her two children as they were also registered to speak during public comment and is surprised by this award. Chair Miller congratulates two PGCPS finalists in the Washington Post teacher and principal of the year awards. They are music teacher Thomas Pierre from Thomas Pullen and Dr. Wanda Williams, principal of Oxon Hill Elemen