MCPS Board of Education Welcomes News Members and Appoints New Officers

Karla Silvestre (At-Large) and Shebra Evans (District 4) will now lead the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education as President and Vice President. Evans and Silvestre were formally appointed during the Board’s business meeting on Tuesday, December 6. 

MCPS Board of Education new officers. Board president Karla Silvestre and vice-president Shebra Evans during the first board meeting in their new roles.

“I look forward to working collaboratively with each of you and to being an effective and productive board so that we can do our important job of providing leadership and oversight of Montgomery County Public Schools for the benefit of our students,” said Silvestre during her remarks.

The new leadership comes on the heels of new members to the board. Newly elected members Grace Rivera-Oven (District 1), Julie Yang (District 3) and re-elected members Brenda Wolff (District 5) and Karla Silvestre (At-Large) were ceremonially sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 1, at Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville.

Julie Yang and Grace Rivera Oven with board members Lynne Harris and Arvin Kim during swearing in ceremony.

Ms. Silvestre was elected to her first four-year term on Nov. 6, 2018. Ms. Yang will succeed Dr. Scott Joftus, and Ms. Rivera-Oven will succeed Dr. Judith Docca, who did not seek re-election.