New Student Member Elected To Prince George's Board Of Education

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Representatives elected Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz as the next student member on the Prince George's County Board of Education, NBC Washington reported on May 12. The news outlet noted that Ceron-Ruiz is a current sophomore and a rising junior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Ceron-Ruiz told journalist Tracee Wilkins that he hopes to be a voice for equity.

"I want us to be more inclusive of the different communities we have: the Latinx, the Asian, African American, Black communities," Ceron-Ruiz told NBC Washington. "Most of the time we talk only really about the plights, the suffering these communities went through. But we never really talk about the success and the impact they've had on the country."

Delegates from the Prince George's Regional Association of Student Governments elected Ceron-Ruiz. He is slated to become the 42nd student member of the board, also known as the SMOB. The student member cannot vote on budgetary or personnel issues.

Ninah Jackson, a graduating senior from Oxon Hill High School, is the current student member. Her one-year term ends this summer. Jackson will attend Bucknell University, where she plans to study political science and education.

To learn more about Ceron-Ruiz and his goals, check out NBC Washington's full story.

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