School board

Board of Education Member, Montgomery County

District 3

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A board of education member helps set policy, approve the budget and hire the superintendent of the county's public schools.

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Sally A. McCarthy

No party listed

Education policy researcher; adjunct faculty, University of Maryland

The gist

Supports smaller class sizes in pre-K through grade 3
Proposes annual public review of the board's Ed Tech Policy
Supports full implementation of the new reading curriculum
Supports annual school security reviews
Supports scaling up successful programs and ending unsuccessful ones

More about Sally

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Supports smaller class sizes in pre-K through grade 3
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support budgets w/ strategic approaches in grades Pk-3 like reducing class size, adding Special Ed Resource & Math content professionals.”
Proposes annual public review of the board's Ed Tech Policy
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would require an annual public review of the recently adopted BOE Ed Tech Policy”
Supports full implementation of the new reading curriculum
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“MCPS must fully implement new reading curriculum at all levels & allot teacher prep time for upcoming new math mandates.”
Supports annual school security reviews
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“annual school security reviews & following the required data reviews of the Superintendent's agreement w/ local law enforcement”
Supports scaling up successful programs and ending unsuccessful ones
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“willingness to scale up successful programs & sunset the unsuccessful”

Cassandra "Cassi" Sung

No party listed

Legal marketing professional

The gist

Supports media literacy across all subjects
Supports Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in schools
Supports free after-school intervention and feeding programs
Supports AI guardrails and social-emotional learning

More about Cassandra

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Supports media literacy across all subjects
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“advocate for embedding media literacy across all subjects, helping students confidently distinguish reliable sources from mis- and disinformation”
Supports Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in schools
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I'll support School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS), strengthen home-school communication and partnership”
Supports free after-school intervention and feeding programs
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“free after-school intervention, feeding programs, and parent workshops that equip families as partners in learning”
Supports AI guardrails and social-emotional learning
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I'll also champion responsible AI guardrails, evidence-based literacy support, and social-emotional learning”

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