John and his wife, Melanie, have 2 children. He served as a sponsor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Mountain Heritage.

John has spent over 40 years in education, primarily in Yancey County, where he taught high-school history and social studies at Mountain Heritage High School for 24 years and sixth-grade social studies at Cane River Middle School for 8 years. He also served as a substitute teacher for 15 years after retiring from full-time teaching. In addition to his teaching career, Stallings has experience coaching football and softball at both Mountain Heritage High School and Cane River Middle School. Furthermore, he has been involved in broadcasting play-by-play for Mountain Heritage football games on WKYK radio.

John Stallings served one term as a Yancey County Commissioner from 2016 to 2018. He chose not to seek an additional term. 

Candidate website

Supports a Budget Amendment and grant funding to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students.

Supports a budget amendment and grant funding to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students.

- Supports a budget amendment and grant funding to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports providing resources and pathways for all students in Yancey County to develop and succeed.

Supports providing "resources and pathways for all students in Yancey County to develop and succeed."

- Supports providing "resources and pathways for all students in Yancey County to develop and succeed."

Access to Education

The candidate's website says, "We will work to restore all Teacher Assistants from 37.5 hours/week to 40 hours a week."

Plans to work to restore all teacher assistants from 37.5 hours/week to 40 hours a week."

The candidate's website says, "We will promote a working environment in which administrators, teachers and staff can speak openly about educational and curricular ideas/concerns without fear of retaliation."

Said, "We will promote a working environment in which administrators, teachers and staff can speak openly about educational and curricular ideas/concerns without fear of retaliation."

The candidate's website says, "We will encourage a culture of cooperation, respect, delegation of responsibility (pursuant to position) and accountability among our professional educators and staff."

Said, "We will encourage a culture of cooperation, respect, delegation of responsibility (pursuant to position) and accountability among our professional educators and staff."

- Plans to work to restore all teacher assistants from 37.5 hours/week to 40 hours a week."
- Said, "We will promote a working environment in which administrators, teachers and staff can speak openly about educational and curricular ideas/concerns without fear of retaliation."
- Said, "We will encourage a culture of cooperation, respect, delegation of responsibility (pursuant to position) and accountability among our professional educators and staff."

Teachers

Plans to reinstate the Drafting and Engineering Design Program at Mountain Heritage High School to prepare a qualified workforce.

- Plans to reinstate the Drafting and Engineering Design Program at Mountain Heritage High School to prepare a qualified workforce.

School Curriculum

Plans to petition the Department of Transportation to address unsafe conditions at Middle Schools during drop-off and pick-up.

Plans to petition the Department of Transportation to address unsafe conditions at middle schools during drop-off and pick-up.

- Plans to petition the Department of Transportation to address unsafe conditions at middle schools during drop-off and pick-up.

Student Wellbeing

John Stallings

John and his wife, Melanie, have two children. He served as a sponsor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Mountain Heritage.

John has spent over four decades in education, primarily in Yancey County, where he taught high-school history and social studies at Mountain Heritage High School for 24 years and sixth-grade social studies at Cane River Middle School for eight years. He also served as a substitute teacher for fifteen years after retiring from full-time teaching. In addition to his teaching career, Stallings has experience coaching football and softball at both Mountain Heritage High School and Cane River Middle School. Furthermore, he has been involved in broadcasting play-by-play for Mountain Heritage football games on WKYK radio.

Believes in creating a learning environment with opportunities for all students to excel.

- Plans to work to restore all teacher assistants from 37.5 hours/week to 40 hours a week."
- The candidate's website says, "We will promote a working environment in which administrators, teachers and staff can speak openly about educational and curricular ideas/concerns without fear of retaliation."
- The candidate's website says, "We will encourage a culture of cooperation, respect, delegation of responsibility (pursuant to position) and accountability among our professional educators and staff."

John Stallings and his wife Melanie moved to Burnsville in 1978. They have two children, John David and Emily, who attended schools in Burnsville. Information about where John Stallings attended school, what church he attends, or further details about his family life is not provided.

John Stallings has spent over four decades in education, primarily in Yancey County, where he taught high-school history and social studies at Mountain Heritage High School for 24 years and sixth-grade social studies at Cane River Middle School for eight years. He also served as a substitute teacher for fifteen years after retiring from full-time teaching. In addition to his teaching career, Stallings has experience coaching football and softball at both Mountain Heritage High School and Cane River Middle School. Furthermore, he has been involved in broadcasting play-by-play for Mountain Heritage football games on WKYK radio.

John Stallings served one term as a Yancey County Commissioner from 2016 to 2018. He chose not to seek an additional term. There is no mention of any appointments or committees he served on, or any other political offices he has run for.

- 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. 