The SECAC created an Ad Hoc Subcommittee to develop and distribute a questionnaire to the 2026 Primary Election BOE Candidates to better understand their stance on Special Education in Frederick County.

The questionnaire has been updated reflecting the responses of 8 Candidates who will move forward to the General Election.

Front of the FCPS building

The SECAC does not endorse any Board Of Education Candidate or political party.

BOE Primary Candidate Forum, May 2026

Hood College’s Whitaker Campus Commons

Image from left: SECAC Chair Jamie Shopland (2024-2026) gives forum’s opening remarks.

BOE Candidates Present: Casey Day, Jess Douglass, Heather Fletcher, Nathan Foltz, David Migdal, Shelley Potter, Dean Rose, Rosenbloom, and Chad Wilson Sr.

BOE Candidate Rae Gallagher is not pictured, but was in attendance.

The SECAC does not endorse any Board Of Education Candidate or political party.