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Johnston County school board interviews three candidates for District 7 vacancy
Summary
The Johnston County Board of Education held a special session to interview three finalists for a District 7 vacancy. Candidates emphasized teacher support, student food security, career pathways and school leadership. The board will vote at a special meeting Thursday morning.
The Johnston County Board of Education held a special called session to interview three candidates for the District 7 board vacancy and heard each candidate outline priorities including teacher recruitment and retention, student food security and career and technical education.
The interviews, conducted in a morning session that featured questions from multiple board members, included Gracie Chamblee, a retired Johnston County educator and community volunteer; Jeff Sullivan, a longtime Johnston County teacher and administrator; and Thomas Daugherty, a K-12 social studies consultant with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The board recessed after the interviews and scheduled a vote on appointments at a special meeting Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
The candidates described overlapping concerns. Chamblee said she applied because of long experience in the district and concerns she has observed at…
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