Loudoun Supervisor Susan Klimek Buckley understood how parents felt at a recent meeting, imploring county officials to fund the school board’s full budget request.
She got her start in county politics by doing the same thing.
“My whole citizen activism started with going to a public hearing in March of 2004 where I spoke in support of full funding of the school operating budget,” she said, recalling her three-minute address to a packed board room that earned her a modest ovation.