The chamber is calling on the school board to reconsider the principal's resignation

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The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution Thursday morning calling on the Montgomery County Board of Education to “reconsider its conduct and actions” following the situation involving the resignation of now-former Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Dr . Melvin J. Brown, as also called for putting Montgomery's public schools under state control.

Brown resigned from his role as superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools on Sept. 16 after two years of service. The school board accepted Brown's resignation last week. Board members Pamela Cloud, Lesa Keith, Pamela Portis and Arica Watkins-Smith voted to accept Brown's resignation, and Claudia Mitchell and Cassandra Brown voted to reject it.