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Ballotpedia, Jerry Jones Jr. (New Hanover County Board of Education, North Carolina, candidate 2024)

Jerry holds both a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 

Jerry is a co-founder and owner of The Roasted Bookery. He previously worked as a middle school science teacher at the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington. He also worked as a lab director and manager and an analytic chemist at SGS Inc. 

Jerry Jones, Jr.'s campaign for member of the New Hanover Board of Education is his first run for public office. 

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Wants to engage the greater community to help develop ideas and solutions.

Wants to prioritize recentering the board of education's viewpoints on district development.

Believes "New Hanover County is woefully behind..." on educational infrastructure investments.

Believes there are substantial delays in relaying "information from the board to the public."

- Wants to engage the greater community to help develop ideas and solutions.
- Wants to prioritize recentering the board of education's viewpoints on district development.
- Believes "New Hanover County is woefully behind..." on educational infrastructure investments.
- Believes there are substantial delays in relaying "information from the board to the public."

School Facilities & Resources

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Supports adequate school district funding and staffing.

- Supports adequate school district funding and staffing.

Access to Education

Wants to include student and teacher input to make decisions.

Supports prioritizing positions that involve the most student contact.

Wants to "deprioritize administrative positions that add to our costs but don’t enhance the level of service provided to our students or to our school staff."

- Wants to include student and teacher input to make decisions.
- Supports prioritizing positions that involve the most student contact.
- Wants to "deprioritize administrative positions that add to our costs but don’t enhance the level of service provided to our students or to our school staff."
- Believes teachers are overworked.

Teachers

Opposes the Board of Education's decision to dissolve the equity, diversity, and inclusion committee.

Supports teachers and parents discussing curriculum concerns.

Supports student accommodations for parental curriculum concerns for their child, but opposes allowing individual concerns to result in changing classroom material.

- Opposes the Board of Education's decision to dissolve the equity, diversity, and inclusion committee.
- Supports teachers and parents discussing curriculum concerns.
- Supports student accommodations for parental curriculum concerns for their child, but opposes allowing individual concerns to result in changing classroom material.

School Curriculum

Wants to develop policies that support students and teachers that promote academic freedom and student safety regardless of background.

- Wants to develop policies that support students and teachers that promote academic freedom and student safety regardless of background.

Student Wellbeing

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Jerry Jones, Jr.

As of July 8, 2024, Jerry Jones, Jr.’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. They create policies that establish standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the school system.
- The Board of Education member hires a superintendent and can remove them when necessary. The superintendent assists the Board of Education in implementing the board’s policies. 
- The Board of Education is charged with deciding the school budget. This means they decide how to allocate money between different services, such as teacher pay, repairing school facilities, or access to technology.
- Board of Education members are elected every four years. 