As of August 10, 2024, Greg Merritt did not have a website or any information online.

The News Reporter: Squires seeks to unseat 24-year incumbent Merritt on city school board

Greg Merritt is a member of the Whiteville City Board of Education. He was elected in 2000 and is serving his sixth term.

Hopes to help students "catch up academically from the learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."

- Hopes to help students "catch up academically from the learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."

School Curriculum

As of July 31, 2024, Greg Merritt did not have a website or any information online.

School Facilities & Resources

Student Wellbeing

Access to Education

Said teachers are the "backbone of education" and plans to "hire and retain good employees."

- Said teachers are the "backbone of education" and plans to "hire and retain good employees."

Teachers

Greg Merritt

As of September 4, 2024, Edward Squires did not have a website or any information online.

Squires seeks to unseat 24-year incumbent Merritt on city school board

Edward Squires is currently an insurance agent. He previously taught in the Robeson schools for four years. Before that, he was an early education childcare director for 11 years in High Point, NC.  

As of August 23, 2024, Edward Squires did not have a website or any information online.

Advocates for improved instructional technology in the classroom.

- Advocates for improved instructional technology in the classroom.

Supports hiring more men as teachers as well as more racially diverse teachers.

- Supports hiring more men as teachers as well as more racially diverse teachers.

Edward Squires

- The Board of Education runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the city government. 
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and make decisions about the superintendent’s personnel recommendations.
- Members of the board must act as a unit based on majority rule. A member cannot make decisions or act independently.
- Board of Education members are elected to staggered four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.