The Maryland House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 87, which will significantly expand the voting rights of the Student Member of the Board (SMOB) for Montgomery County. If passed in the...
The final two candidates for the 2016 Student Member of the Board (SMOB) election were selected Feb. 22 at the annual Nomination Convention.
The convention hosts student delegates from all middle and...
By Sarah O'Brien, Production Editor
• February 23, 2016
With elections for the Student Member of the Board (SMOB) approaching in the spring, many students are wondering what the jobs of SMOB are. The Observer interviewed current SMOB Eric Guerci to find out...
With the way SMOB works right now, we see the candidates everywhere we look in the month before the election. We watch the “Meet the Candidates” video in a darkened classroom and try to ignore the...
By Alissa Li, Observations Editor
• October 24, 2014
Every spring, a student is elected to represent his or her peers on the MCPS Board of Education. This past spring, students voted and made Dahlia Huh the next Student Member of the Board, or SMOB.
Though...
By Alissa Li, Observations Editor
• October 24, 2014
Amongst the diverse group of students SMOB Dahlia Huh gathered from all over MCPS to be a part of her SMOB Council are many CHS students. The SMOB Council comprises of more than 55 students ranging from...
Following her recent win for MCPS Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB), the Observer sat down with Clarksburg High School junior, Dahlia Huh.
What inspired you to run for SMOB?
I got...
Congratulations to junior John Mannes of Northwest High School for being elected as the 35th student member of the Board of Education April 25. John won the election with 62.8 percent of votes out of 64,677...
By Allison Srour
Features Editor and Allison Srour
Features Editor
• May 13, 2011
Congratulations to junior Hal Zeitlin
for making it to the final round of the 2011 MCPS Student Member of the Board (SMOB) election.
Zeitlin had to get through several
rounds of debates, speeches and...
By Sushen Thiyagarajan
Online Breaking News Editor
• March 2, 2011
CHS held the Student Member of Board (SMOB) election Feb. 10 to finalize the top two candidates for this Board of Education position. The four candidates were current SMOB Alan Xie and Lara Haft of Richard...
