Please lend your support to these four amazing candidates by donating to our PAC and volunteering on their campaigns!
Chris Malone – District 1, Northeast Wake(Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon)
A Wake Forest resident, father of three, and former Wake Forest Town Commissioner who has been an active member of the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce and other town planning initiatives. He is focused on:
Academic excellence
Neighborhood schools which means more stability
Parental choice between year-round and traditional
Sensible fiscal spending and accountability
Modified open enrollment for single parents
Moving the H6 High School to a better Rolesville location
John Tedesco – District 2, Southeast Wake(Southeast Raleigh, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, part of Holly Springs)
A Garner resident who has been advocating for at-risk children for years as the vice president of development for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle, as well as raising his own younger siblings. As a school board candidate, John believes:
Every child is more than a number in the system to be shuffled through a database and deserves the best education that meets them where they are in this life and raises them to success.
Every family deserves to have a say and a choice in the process that educates and shapes their children.
Every taxpayer deserves a fair and transparent account of educational funds.
Every community should have schools that they can feel engaged in; schools that encourage parent and community involvement, build up neighborhoods, stimulate pride, and unite people.
Every administrator should operate as good stewards, caring for other people’s children with other people’s money.
Every board member is elected with the public trust to be an advocate for our children, families and communities; not to be a rubber stamp for administrators or the Department of Education.
Deborah Prickett – District 7(Northwest Raleigh and Morrisville)
A Raleigh native with 26 years of experience working in the Wake County Public School System and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), as well as an active parent who has spoken out against constant reassignments that affected her own children. As a school board member, Deborah will make sure that the board:
Collaborates with parents
Respects communities and ensures that children can go to their neighborhood schools whenever possible
Evaluates best practices and implements innovative concepts
Supports academic excellence and family-friendly calendar options
Cares about stability and consistency in the education journey
Makes ethical decisions
Advocates for superior graduation rates that include all subgroups and economic status
Values children and their time spent traveling to and from school
Appreciates teachers and school staff members
Displays openness to new ideas and techniques
Grasps the “big global picture” but doesn’t lose sight of short-term goals
Uses good judgment in implementing budget decisions and spending our tax dollars
A Cary mom, firefighter and EMT who has been an extremely active volunteer in the community, in her children’s classrooms and with PTAs, Debra’s key priorities if elected to the school board are to:
Establish new community engagement channels which give parents the voice they deserve, and the ideas that our school system needs.
Implement sensible assignment policies which keep students close to home, allowing parents more opportunities to support their children and their schools.
Make assignment to year-round schools an option available to more families, while ending the practice of mandatory assignment to year-round schools.
Embrace more innovative approaches to teaching economically disadvantaged students and increasing involvement among their parents.
Stop comparing our school system to the rest of North Carolina and set our sights on successfully competing at the national level.
Stop wasting money on less important administrative functions, and refocus every dollar possible into the classroom.
