Let the campaigning begin
In what must surely be a nod to the presidential campaign schedule, Erik "E.C." Huey wasted no time throwing his hat into the ring for Guilford County Board of Education.
Technically, he announced his planned candidacy for an at-large school board seat in Nov. 2006.
Monday he reaffirmed his pre-candidacy at a pre-campaign press conference on the sidewalk across from the Guilford County School headquarters -- about 12 weeks shy of the deadline to run for the race.
The one-reporter, one-blogger, one-candidate event was briefly interrupted by a truck trying to get into a parking space. But when he could be heard over the howling wind, Candidate Huey had some tough talk for school system.
The former high school teacher wants to strengthen school discipline policies, eliminate busing and create a new teacher whistleblower policy.
"Our children cannot afford any additional months of lackluster leadership," said Huey, father to a second grader.
Huey will take a shot at the seat of long-serving board member Dot Kearns. It isn't clear whether Kearns will run again next year.
No other potential candidates have formed a committee as of yet, according to the Guilford County Board of Elections.
Anyone interested in taking on Huey or the six board members who will be up for re-election next year has until Feb. 29 to file. The primary will be June 6. The election is Nov. 4.
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Amanda,
Welcome! Will you be covering Education now?
Posted on December 3, 2007 8:12 PM
Congratulations Morgan on your early Christmas present!!!
Posted on December 3, 2007 10:39 PM
For those loyal Chalkboard readers, Morgan is doing well. I will try my best to fill in for her while she is away. Feel free to send me tips at amanda.lehmert@news-record.com!
Posted on December 4, 2007 1:04 PM
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