OFFICERS The Honorable Larry Hogan Governor of Maryland

100 State Circle

Robert E. Ross Annapolis, Maryland 21401
President

Jermaine Shoatz, Dear Governor Hogan,

1st Vice President
The Prince George's County branch of the NAACP strongly urges you to meet with us this
Valerie Miller December regarding the injustice to the students of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Secretary
Of course we are deeply concerned about the PG County Performance Audit of graduation
Juanita Miller grade changes, but we believe that the grade change scandal is just the effect, while the cause
Assistant Secretary runs deeper.
John Simms
Treasurer The Maryland State Department of Education has a simple vision to "Ensure all students
have access to a world class educational system that prepares them to graduate ready for
post-secondary learning, rewarding work, and success in society and life," as posted on the
website. However, the vision is diminished in PG County which consistently falls at the
bottom of the state.

The PGCNAACP and county needs to see that our Governor cares about our children and our
future. You have taken the first step by ordering the audit. Now we need to know the state
has our back to make sure the audit's recommendations are implemented accurately and
expediently. We cannot leave PG County administration alone to handle this matter. The
level of dishonesty leads us to believe that a deeper investigation needs to occur and that
more state involvement is necessary.
PGCNAACP believe education is the civil rights issue of our time and every single graduate
that was issued a diploma without meeting the basic requirements and/or missing over 50
days of school had their civil rights violated. The students impacted will suffer greatly for the
rest of their lives because of the neglect and selfishness of our school system's leadership.

Another issue we must tackle is figuring out why our students are performing so badly that
there would even be the necessity to pass children that are failing. It appears that our school
system has been failing our children from an early age and the end result is the children left
behind, whether they are passed or failed, are not prepared to effectively contribute to the
economy of our state today or in the future.
At our meeting, we would like to include our NAACP Education members, a small group of
parents and community leaders. We look to you for your leadership and involvement in our
county on such an important matter..

We look forward to your response.

Respectfully,

Bob Ross, President

Prince George's County NAACP

9201 Basil Court Suite 115. Largo MD 20774

(Office) 240-619-5418/5431 * (fax) 240-619-5438 * (Website) www.pgnaacp.org
Serving The Community Since 1935