Tommy Le

Office Sought: Montgomery County Board of Education, At Large
Age: 67
Residence: Silver Spring.
Education: BA, liberal arts, Rockhurst College; BS, engineering, Univ. of Missouri; MS/PhD, engineering, Univ. of Tennessee.
Occupation: Engineer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Web site: None given.
E-mail address: tommy_pe2001@yahoo.com
Offices and positions held: Past member, Citizen Advisory Committee, career technology to MCPS and Montgomery College; volunteer, MSI coach; member and chairman, Cultural Minority Local Advisory Committee to Montgomery County Public Libraries; member, Upcounty Citizens Advisory Board; vice chairman, Montgomery County Board of Electrical Examiners; volunteer judge, Montgomery County science fairs.

Why should voters elect you?

"Tommy Le is an experienced engineer in the world of work and will provide MCPS students a sense of direction for future careers and hope."

What do you think is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?

"Students seem to lack responsibility toward themselves both in school and at home. Problems with students' consumption of alcohol and drugs are too often the causes of traffic accidents on county roads; lack of parental attention are causes of students' misbehavior and poor academic performance in school. These are results, perhaps, of poor school reading curriculum that had been implemented at elementary levels, an inadequate curriculum for not having instilled in our children the proper sense of knowing the rights from wrongs, responsibility toward family, responsibility toward society, the sense of duty toward the country and the world."

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