2024 Board of Education Candidate Questionnaire 

As of June 23, 2024, Marshall Ashcraft did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Marshall previously worked in the Watauga County School system for 13 years.

Marshall Ashcraft is currently a member of the Watauga County Board of Education. Marshall was elected in 2021, and is serving his first term.

As of June 14, 2024, Marshall Ashcraft did not have a website or any information online.

School Facilities & Resources

Access to Education

Supports increased teacher pay to improve teacher retention rates.

- Supports increased teacher pay to improve teacher retention rates.

Teachers

School Curriculum

Supported safety upgrades, including School Resource Officers in every school and increased training and safety exercises.

- Supported safety upgrades, including School Resource Officers in every school and increased training and safety exercises.

Student Wellbeing

Marshall Ashcraft

As of June 22, 2024, Marshall Ashcraft did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Ashcraft previously worked in the Watauga County School system for 13 years.

Marshall Ashcraft has served on the Board of Education since 2021.

As of June 14, 2024, Marshall Ashcraft did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

- 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

Watauga

Public Safety

North Carolina

County Board of Education Member

As of June 23, 2024, Marshall Ashcraft did not have a website or any information online.