A member of the Prince George’s County Board of Education was serving on the board after taking a job with a school system in Missouri at the start of the year. But District 1 representative David Murray only resigned last week — around the time a complaint was filed with Maryland’s Board of Education.
Murray’s new job as the chief academic officer for the Ferguson-Florissant School District in the St. Louis area was announced in December. A spokeswoman for the Missouri school district said he started working for the school system on Jan. 4, and his attendance at a school board meeting there was recorded as early as Jan. 10.
Around the same time, his attendance at Prince George’s County Board of Education meetings became spotty at best, with his appearances often occurring virtually, if at all. His most recent actions on the board occurred on July 11, when he was involved in voting for a new chair and vice chair of the board. The candidate he backed for those positions lost.
Members of the board earn an $18,000 annual stipend for their work, though it’s not clear how much of that Murray has collected so far.
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