Board of Education’s Community Advisory Council Seeks Leadership Volunteers

February 24th, 2023

* The following release is being issued on behalf of the Howard County Board of Education’s Community Advisory Council.

Are you passionate about issues that affect the school system? Do you want a chance to interact directly and regularly with the BOE and community members across the county to shape policy decisions? This may be just the opportunity for you to be more involved!

The HCPSS Board of Education’s Community Advisory Council (CAC) announces an open call for leadership volunteers to serve on the Executive Committee for the 2023-2024 school year.

The CAC serves as liaison between the Board of Education (BOE) and the community at large, meets monthly during the school year, and reports directly to the BOE. The Executive Committee receives from the community concerns, information, and inquiries about matters within the province of the Board and researches issues as appropriate. In our goal to build a broad base of community voices across the county, we are seeking nominees for the Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, Secretary, and Policy Committee Chair.

As an Executive Committee member, you will lead a dedicated community of volunteers as the CAC participates in HCPSS Policy review. Success requires the ability to objectively and impartially represent and share broad-based majority and minority opinion on issues such as the school-year calendar, all policies under review, and budgeting with the BOE. Successful candidates should be reliable, be able to lead substantive discussions, and be comfortable with public speaking. The leadership team should be committed to the integrity of the CAC, an incredibly important component of maintaining and improving the great public school education of Howard County.

If you are interested in serving in any of the above roles please submit an email to the Nominating Committee at hcpsscacnominatingcommittee@gmail.com on or before February 26, 2023 indicating your name and the position(s) you are interested in. The Committee will then send you a candidate questionnaire to complete and return. In order to be considered for nomination, an individual should already be a CAC member, or will need to attend the March 8th meeting (via Zoom) in order to be voted in as a member prior to the election meeting on April 26th. If you have questions regarding the roles, please also feel free to reach out to the current Executive Committee at cac.hocoboe@gmail.com.

To learn more about the CAC and the duties of each Board position, you may review HCPSS Policy 2060 and the CAC webpage and Bylaws.