New Student Board Members Recognized

As is tradition, new Student Board of Education members were presented to the Somerset County Board of Education at its August 19 meeting. J.M. Tawes Technology and Career Center Principal David Elebash introduced the two students to the Board and to a sizeable audience of school system personnel and community members. 

Washington High School senior Justin Lee Benton will represent the northern schools. He is the son of Deborah Benton of Deal Island. According to Elebash, “Benton is an excellent student who plans to be a doctor. He is taking both the Nursing program at Tawes and also the Bio-Medical program taught at WHS.” He is taking a dual enrollment class, Fundamentals of English, at Wor Wic Community College. Benton plans to major in pre-med at the University of Maryland, College park. His hobbies are fishing, cooking and golf and he has been on the golf team at WHS for three years. 

Crisfield High School senior Allen Christopher Ford will represent the southern schools. Elebash stated, “Chris excels academically and musically and is taking dual enrollment English and two periods of Band, having taken Advanced Placement Statistics last year.” He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Janet Ford of Crisfield. Ford has great interest in music, both in and out of school, and plays in the Crisfield High Jazz and Marching Bands. Other interests include hunting, fishing and sports. Ford wants to attend Liberty University and major in Music Education with a minor in Technical Engineering. He likes to push himself to reach new goals.