Student liaisons and officers of the Charles County Association of Student Councils (CCASC) who will serve during the 2025-2026 school year were introduced at the June 10 Board of Education of Charles County meeting.

Munachi Obinali, who will be a junior at La Plata High School in the fall, is the Student Member of the Board for the upcoming school year. She will be sworn in at the Board’s June 23 work session at St. Charles High School.

The CCASC represents and amplifies the student voice in Charles County through improving inter-school relations and cooperation, increasing the effectiveness of individual student councils, initiating and promoting improvements and activities for the general good of the students, and voicing a collective opinion to students on CCPS affairs.

Officers for 2025-2026 include Riley Mulliken, a rising sophomore at Maurice J. McDonough High School, as president; Addison Elliott, who will be a freshman at Henry E. Lackey High School in the fall, as the first vice president; Jonathan Compton, a rising junior at La Plata High School as secretary; and Kendall Destry, who will be a sophomore at McDonough in the fall, as the charity coordinator. A second vice president will be elected in October.

Each CCPS high school chooses a liaison to the Board who attends Board meetings each month to ensure the student voice is represented and concerns from each school are shared.

The Board liaisons for the 2025-2026 school year are rising senior Elizabeth Tober of La Plata, Julianna Conte, a rising junior at Lackey, rising seniors Kezia Reaves of McDonough, Terra Newcamp of North Point High School and Kennadi Young-Johnson of St. Charles, Olivia Saint-Pierre, a rising junior at Thomas Stone High School and Essence Day, a rising senior at Westlake High School.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 28,162 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.  CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).