Cumberland County Schools, Meet the Board

The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville area leaders on Black History Month: Alicia Jones Chisolm

As of July 31, 2024, Alicia Jones Chisolm did not have a website or any information online.

School Facilities & Resources

Access to Education

Teachers

School Curriculum

Student Wellbeing

Alicia Jones Chisolm

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

Kathi Gibson

Plans to make efforts to ensure school resources are used in a way that significantly impacts the education system, especially underperforming schools.

Believes in "proven strategies and providing resources that will facilitate successful outcomes for all."

- Plans to make efforts to ensure school resources are used in a way that significantly impacts the education system, especially underperforming schools.
- Believes in "proven strategies and providing resources that will facilitate successful outcomes for all."

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Believes "all children" deserve a quality and equitable education.

Believes all children should receive a quality and equitable education.

- Believes all children should receive a quality and equitable education.

Plans to be a "strong voice" for students and teachers.

- Plans to be a "strong voice" for students and teachers.

As of July 31, 2024, Mary A. Hales’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Mary A. Hales

- 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. 