Alicia Plerhoples Announces Candidacy for

Fairfax County School Board, Dranesville District

November 11, 2018 (McLean, VA) – Georgetown Law Professor Alicia Plerhoples
announced her candidacy for the Fairfax County School Board, Dranesville District currently
held by retiring School Board Member Janie Strauss. Alicia has been a vocal community
advocate, serving as the PTA president of her local elementary school, on the McLean
Community Center Governing Board, on the FCPS School Board’s Human Resources
Advisory Committee, and on the Board of the Franklin Area Citizens Association.

“I am proud to announce my candidacy for the Fairfax County School Board (Dranesville
District) and I would like to thank Ms. Strauss for her 25 years of service to Fairfax County
Public Schools,” said Alicia. “My lifelong commitment to public education began during the
many afternoons I spent reading to preschoolers at my local Head Start and helping my
mother, a special education teacher, in her elementary school classroom after my school day
had ended. In her classroom and as a Head Start volunteer, I learned that every child should
be supported to meet his or her full potential, whether in special education, general
education, career and technical education, or advanced academics and honors classes. Now,
as a professor, I see the products of K-12 education. I know what successful, lifelong learners
look like. They are adults who can solve problems, learn independently, and bring essential
knowledge and skills to whatever path they choose. We must continue to provide
individualized interventions by name and by need, as well as specialized enrichment, but also
strengthen our commitment to our general education students who are too often the forgotten
middle. As the daughter of a public school teacher, I also know the financial sacrifice that
many teachers’ families make to teach our children. I am committed to hiring, training, and
retaining high quality teachers. I seek to bring my perspective—as a professor and mother of
two Fairfax County public school students—to the School Board.”

Along with her candidacy, Alicia announced the endorsement of elected officials across
the Dranesville district, including:

FCPS School Board Member Janie Strauss

Dranesville Supervisor John Foust
State Senator Barbara Favola
Delegate Kathleen Murphy
Delegate Rip Sullivan
Delegate Marcus Simon
About Alicia Plerhoples

Alicia Plerhoples is Professor of Law at Georgetown Law where she writes and teachers
about nonprofit law and corporate governance. She has served on the law school’s faculty
hiring committee and as the Chair of the law school’s Diversity Committee, which is tasked
with enhancing the law school’s inclusion climate and enhancing cultural competency inside
and outside the classroom. Alicia is a graduate of Yale Law School, Princeton’s Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and Harvard College. As a Harvard alum,
Alicia serves on the Harvard Schools Committee and interviews area high school students
who apply to Harvard. Alicia also serves on the McLean Community Center Governing
Board, which provides oversight to the Community Center staff and presents its annual
budget to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for review and approval. Alicia lives in
McLean with her husband, a surgeon who practices in Northern Virginia, and their two
daughters.

Friends of Alicia Plerhoples

PO Box 158
McLean, VA 22101
www.aliciaforschoolboard.com
aplerhoples@gmail.com