2024 NC General Election

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Raleigh resides in Surry County with his wife and child. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business administration and management from Gardner-Webb University. 

Raleigh is currently employed at J.G. Coram Company as a controller. He previously worked as a tax associate at Aprio, and has experience working in financial management and assistant positions at locations such as Northwestern Mutual and Capital Bank. He was also employed at Federal Financial Services, Inc. in positions ranging from financial assistant to director of operations. 

Raleigh E. Scales is currently a member of the Surry County Board of Education. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her first term.

Plans to addresses budgetary concerns and problems.

- Plans to addresses budgetary concerns and problems.

School Facilities & Resources

Advocates for parental involvement in curriculum.

Opposes education about race and racism, as well as gender, being taught in classrooms.

- Advocates for parental involvement in curriculum.
- Opposes education about race and racism, as well as gender, being taught in classrooms.

Access to Education

As of June 14, 2024, Raleigh E. Scales did not have a website or any information online.

Teachers

Prioritizes the foundations of education, believing them to be "reading, writing, and arithmetic."

- Prioritizes the foundations of education, believing them to be "reading, writing, and arithmetic."

School Curriculum

Sees prioritizing the mental health of students as the greatest challenge.

- Sees prioritizing the mental health of students as the greatest challenge.

Student Wellbeing

Raleigh E. Scales

As of June 14, 2024, Raleigh E. Scales did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Raleigh E. Scales resides in Surry County with his wife and child. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and an MBA in business administration and management from Garder-Webb University. 

Raleigh E. Scales is currently employed at J.G. Coram Company as a Controller. He previously worked as a tax associate at Aprio from 2020 until 2023. He has further experience working in financial management and assistant positions at locations such as Northwestern Mutual and Capital Bank. He was employed at Federal Financial Services, Inc., from 2011 until 2018, in positions ranging from financial assistant to director of operations. 

Raleigh E. Scales has been serving on the Surry County Board of Education since March 2024.

- Prioritizes the foundations of education.

- Prioritizes the mental health of students as the greatest challenge.

- 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. 

Member of the board that governs your county's public school system

Surry County Board of Education Member, District 5

Election results

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