Prince George’s County seeks applicants for school board District 2 vacancy
Prince George’s County is taking applications for a District 2 school board seat opened by Jonathan Briggs’s resignation. The appointee will serve only through December.
Prince George’s County is taking applications for the District 2 seat on the Board of Education after Jonathan Briggs’s resignation took effect June 26. Residents have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, to apply, and the person selected will finish the remainder of the current term, which ends in December 2026.
The county is seeking an appointee who is both a registered voter in Prince George’s County and a resident of School Board District 2. School Board District 2 stretches through College Park, Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights, Riverdale Park, Riverdale, New Carrollton and nearby neighborhoods.
Prince George’s County Public Schools says the district serves more than 130,000 students in 200 schools and centers and employs nearly 20,000 people. The board itself has nine elected members, four appointed at-large members and one student member.
District 2 was already headed for turnover before Briggs stepped down. Briggs was not running for reelection, and three candidates were on the ballot in the June 23 primary: Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz, Terence Clegg and Caroline Decaire-Goldin. Briggs took office on Dec. 5, 2022, and his term was set to end Dec. 7, 2026.
The seat also reaches into a dense cluster of schools that shape daily life for north-central county families. Prince George’s County Public Schools lists District 2 schools including Berwyn Heights Elementary, Carrollton Elementary, Charles Carroll Middle, College Park Academy Public Charter, Dora Kennedy French Immersion, Eleanor Roosevelt High, Greenbelt Elementary, Greenbelt Middle, Hollywood Elementary, Lamont Elementary, Magnolia Elementary, Paint Branch Elementary, Parkdale High, Riverdale Elementary, Robert Frost Elementary, Springhill Lake Elementary and William Wirt Middle.
The county has filled board vacancies before. In 2025, another open seat drew 27 applications before Aimee Olivo was appointed.
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