Forty-six individuals presented testimony before The Board of Education on a wide range of topics at the October 11, 2007 forum. Read the written testimony of those who spoke, listed in the order in which they appeared at the forum.

Written Testimony of Speakers

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1. Carole Rayburn — Montgomery County Chapter, National Organization for women
2. Susan Conbere — Parkland MS PTA
3. Leigh Leslie — Loiederman MS PTSA
4. Jane de Winter , en español — President, MCCPTA
5. Liliam Eguino — Parent
6. Carol Boyd — Argyle MS PTSA
7. Karen Leggett — Transition Work Group
8. Sally Taber — Downcounty Consortium Coordinator
9. Peter Lafen — Cluster Coordinator, Blair HS
10. Emma Ross — Student Commission on Children and Youth
11. Sara Mussie — Parent
12. Misrak Zeleke — Individual
13. Ricky Ford — Kennedy HS Cluster Coordinator
14. Marianne Warner — Individual
15. Kapil Chauhan — Student, Springbrook HS
16. Susan Loftus — Teacher, Burning Tree ES
17. Nancy Leopold — CollegeTrack
18. Edith Salazar — No written testimony available
19. Joanne Vanderhorst — Walter Johnson HS Cluster
20. Jennifer Chambers —Northwood HS Cluster Taskforce to Improve Schools
21. Rockzana Flores —Student, Loiederman MS
22. Tosha Dyson — Individual
23. Piper Phillips Caswell — Individual
24. Eyal Bergman —Identity
25. Estefany Carrillo —Identity
26. Ben Elkind — President, Montgomery County Regional Student Gov't Assn.
27. Larry Edmonds — Individual
28. Simeona Leon — Individual
29. Joan Taylor — Individual
30. Eddy Benscome — Individual
31. Maritca Cornejo— Latino Parents and Students in Action, No written testimony available
32. Evelyn Gonzalez — Individual
33. Sharon Strauss — Individual
34. Elizabeth Gamero — Individual
35. Christie Messer — No written testimony available
36. Lucia Leung — Individual
37. Maya Prather — Student, Little Bennet ES
38. Morgan Hines — Individual
39. Brian Roberts — Montgomery County Education Forum
40. Henry Pittman — NAACP Education Committee, No written testimony available
41. Mona Boggs Burtonsville ES PTA
42. Diana Conway Concerned parents of students of Chinese Language
43. Karen Sees — Individual
44. Pamela Moomau — Individual
45. Jackie Zamora — Individual
46. Janet Kotowski — Individual