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Nov 18

#wcpss #ncpol #nced #wakepol (Long thread incoming) Wake County school board member Karen Carter says her critics are unfairly smearing her new employer in their efforts to get back at her politically.

Carter announced earlier this month on her personal Facebook account that

after she leaves office she’ll start a new job in the social work field for the ARC of North Carolina. Soon afterward, her critics went on social media to try to link Carter’s new job to a $518,700 contract the school board had approved in Aug. 2021 with the ARC of the Triangle.

Carter says there’s no connection between he new job and the contract, pointing to how it’s 2 different ARC groups with separate 501Cs & separate boards. The contract to provide former Wake students with transitional adult skills expired at the end of last school year.

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Nov 7

#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol #ralpol Long Twitter thread incoming about Wake County school board campaign finance reports. SBOE still hasn't posted the 3rd quarter reports yet for Doug Hammack & Chris Heagarty. The biggest donors by far are Dean Debnam, the owner of Public Policy

Polling, & his wife, Sesha. They each gave max $5,600 donation to the 7 Democratic backed candidates whose 3rd quarter reports are on file, for a total of $78,400. If they also gave max to Hammack & Heagarty, then it would reach $100K. The Debnams provided most of the money for

Monika Johnson-Hostler & Tara Waters. There's no one person or couple who has given nearly as much to the GOP backed candidates. For instance, reports show Bob Luddy gave money to only some of the GOP candidates. Here's how much each candidate has raised as of the 3rd quarter. If

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Keung Hui

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Jul 15

#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol Several last-minute filings today mean there will be 29 candidates running for 9 Wake County school board seats. Only four incumbents are running so there will significant turnover regardless of what happens at the ballot box. newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…

#wcpss In District 1, Cheryl Caulfield will run against Ben Clapsaddle for the Wake County school board set being vacated by Heather Scott. In District 2, school board member Monika Johnson-Hostler will run against Dorian Hamilton & Monica Ruiz.

#wcpss In District 3, Doug Hammack, Brooks Lowe & Wing Ng will run for the Wake County school board seat being vacated by Roxie Cash. In District 4, appointed school board member Tara Waters will run against Daniel L. Grant-King, Becky Lew-Hobbs & Michael T. Williams.

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Keung Hui

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Jul 7

#nced #ncpol Questions emerged at today's State Board of Education meeting about whether gender identity might be added to the new K-12 healthful living standards being developed for North Carolina public schools. Board member Olivia Oxendine asked Ellen Essick, DPI section chief

for healthy schools, if gender identity would be included in the future standards. Essick said gender identity isn't in the current standards but she couldn't say yet if they'll be in the new standards because they haven't been written yet. Supt. Catherine Truitt said she and

Mary Hemphill, DPI's chief academic officer, will personally select the members who will be on the writing teams for the new standards. Members are supposed to be healthful living teachers from across NC. Truitt also said there hasn't been as much parental response as hoped for

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Keung Hui

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Jun 16

#nced #ncpol NC Charter Schools Advisory Board recommended today amendments to the agreement that charter schools must sign. Several amdts. touch on issues the state has had with some charters that are closing or new schools with questionable language. simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attac…

All of the changes reflect what's already in state law but are being included in the agreement to make clear what charters expected to do. For instance, one amdt. says the nonprofit that receives the charter can't enter into an agreement that lets a 3rd party assume control or

replace any members of the nonprofit, This was added b/c the original application for Wayne STEM Academy would have let the developer replace the school's board. CSAB recommended today state approval for Wayne STEM now that the wording about removing the board was dropped.

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May 10

#nced #ncpol #ncga Rep. John Torbett's idea on Monday for moving electives online in NC schools: “The other one is also focusing on core subjects. Maybe look at your math, science, English, performing arts & social studies which incorporates history & have those instructional

teachers in the classroom face-to-face. Some of the other things such as electives you may be able to push out online, which would give you a more constricted time, more time to focus on your basics, your basics that we need to really make sure our kids are getting with that

teacher in a classroom. Some electives would just be the child signs up for that elective they can go home & take it on their machine. They can take it on Saturday. They can take it on Thursday night, Sunday afternoon. They can go in their Monday when they get home from school,

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