Greenbelt is represented on the Prince George’s County Board of Education by the District 2 Boardmember. This is a nonpartisan position but it will appear on the primary ballot this month. Current District 2 Boardmember Jonathan Briggs is not running for reelection and three candidates are running to replace him: Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz, Terence Clegg and Caroline Decaire- Goldin. All three have ties to PGCPS as a parent, former teacher or graduate. In addition, Clegg and Decaire-Goldin are Greenbelt residents and Ceron-Ruiz is a graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School.
Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz
Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz is a graduate of Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) and former student school board member. He is running because PGCPS has shaped his life and because he has experienced PGCPS schools as a first-generation American and low-income student and experienced the governance process as student member of the board. “I believe firsthand experience is essential to matching the real needs of students, families, and schools with real action,” he told the News Review.
Ceron-Ruiz is a current University of Maryland student majoring in public policy and criminology and criminal justice…