Wake County Board of Education candidates

• Case manager, G4S Compliance and Investigations
• Town commissioner, Wake Forest Town Commissioner
• member, Wake Forest Town Planning Board and other town committees

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• child development specialist
• chair, Citizens Against Residential Encroachment
• elementary and special education teacher

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• director of membership and promotions, Granite Falls Swim and Athletic Club
• PTA president and/or member, Sanford Creek Elementary, Jones Dairy Elementary and Heritage Middle School

• owner of Augustin Information Services, staffing firm and consultant
• owner of Augustine Logistik, international freight forwarder
• campaign manager of Tim Burchett to Tennessee House in 1994

• founder, HOPE Ministries;
• organizer of Hand in Hand tutoring program at Aversboro Elementary
• accounting instructor at Wake Technical Community College
• volunteer, SCOR and Literacy Council of Wake County

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• Wake County Board of Education
• residential developer and independent home builder
• U.S. Marine Corps
• Wake County school teacher

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• chief development officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle
• organizer, Healthy Child Initiative, N.C. Mentoring of Children of Prisoners Initiative, Mentoring in Technology Learning Center
• director of development, Ocean's Harbor House
• city manager, Town of Highland, N.J.

• Coach and consultant, International Center for Leadership in Education
• principal and teacher, Four Oaks Elementary
• assistant principal, Selma Elementary
• interim assistant professor of education, University of Rio Grande, Ohio

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• consultant, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• English and language arts teacher, Wake County Public School System

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• certified grants manager, North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission
• U.S. Army

• roles in budget management, sales, staffing, consulting and business development
• retired volunteer firefighter and EMT
• 17 years as member and leader, PTA and school association boards

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?

• director, Wake County Keep America Beautiful
• founder and manager, Wake County Environmental Network
• social worker and youth activities director
• PTA member, substitute teacher and school volunteer

Q&A:

• Protecting the classroom from budget cuts
• Student assignments and socioeconomic diversity
• Year-round schools
• School board-county relations
• Who oversees budgeting?