STAFFORD — Virginia Education Secretary Atif Qarni will visit a Stafford County high school to encourage students to sign up to vote.
Qarni will visit Brooke Point High School on beginning at 8 a.m., Tuesday, April 9.
From Stafford County Public Schools:
Commonwealth of Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni will attend the Brooke Point High School Inspire Virginia voter registration senior rally from 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Brooke Point’s Inspire Virginia group has organized a voter registration rally to address the importance of registering to vote and participate in elections. Secretary Qarni will then tour Stafford Elementary School from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
He will have a walking tour of the school and visit classrooms. A roundtable discussion with division leaders will follow at Stafford Elementary from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Qarni was appointed Education Secretary by Gov. Ralph Northam in 2017. He was a teacher at Beville Middle School in Prince William County prior to his appointment.
He’s no stranger to politics as Qarni unsuccessfully ran for a Virginia House of Delegates seat in 2013, and for a Virginia State Senate seat in 2015.
