Prince George’s school board will try again Thursday to seat new members and elect a chair and vice chair for the upcoming year after an earlier vote was delayed this week because election results had not yet been certified.
The county was still counting provisional ballots Wednesday, and Maryland’s board of canvassers is expected to sign a declaration of results at a meeting Thursday, four weeks after the Nov. 5 election.
State law requires the Prince George’s school board to swear in members and elect leaders on the first Monday of every December. In election years, a new board typically begins its term by then. But two incumbents on the Prince George’s board who were trailing in their races and one incumbent who lost during the primary remained at the dais when the group convened this week.
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