We’ve got a packed ballot in the primary race for New Hanover County school board. Five Republicans, including three incumbents, and six Democrats, including some who have campaigned and served before, are running — there are four open seats for each party heading into the general election later this year.
They joined us earlier this month for a forum hosted by WHQR and our colleagues at WECT and Port City Daily. We spent an hour asking questions from our newsrooms – and from listeners and readers like you — and on today’s show, you can hear what they had to say.
We encourage you to watch the whole forum and check out the candidate questionnaires (video and links below) to get the best sense of who is running!
Click the names below to access the Q&As for all the candidates:
Links to relevant reporting:
- New Hanover County school board overrules committee decision, bans "Stamped" from curriculum
- Call it 'removal' or 'banning,' the battle over 'Stamped' is a proxy for the culture war
- NHCS superintendent addresses his decision to overrule district committee on "Blended" challenge
- In a narrow vote, New Hanover County school board walks away from AI security pilot
- Two NHC school board members call for censure of vice chair
NHCS community can weigh in on plan to spend federal dollars on children with disabilities - Deep Dive: In heated, three-day court battle, NHCS tries to block Kelly's victims from suing
- Overwhelmingly white, StarNews article on Spanish Immersion program at Forest Hills Elementary
- New Hanover County Board of Education renews Superintendent Foust’s contract through 2027
- NHCS Superintendent pushes back hard on professional conduct policy in committee
- Dr. Charles Foust out as NHCS superintendent, following release of negative staff climate survey results
- NHC school board extends current law firm contract, votes down Black History Month resolution
- NHCS board hears budget presentation, culls "diversity" from policy, and disbands Title IX committee
- NHC school board votes on updated public engagement rules, NHHS rebuild plan
- NHC school board amends controversial campus display policy
- Turnaround Task Force, Part III: What researchers say about improving low-performing schools
- Consulting firm: "Overcrowding exists at all levels" in New Hanover County's schools
- A new audio archive: Exploring voices of the Williston community, gathered by local high schoolers
- New Hanover County: "A place where averages don't always tell the full story."
- How the $8 million Endowment grant for NHCS got whittled down to less than $3 million
- New Hampshire judge announces formal end to Trump policy against DEI in schools, NH Bulletin
