Cynthia was born and raised Charlotte, where she still lives today. She holds a bachelor's degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master’s degree from Lander University. 

Cynthia is a retired teacher. She previously worked as a teacher in Charlotte and in various business roles, including sales, technical training, and operational management.

Cynthia Stone's campaign for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education Member, District 5 is her first entry into politics.

Plans to work with district staff to provide necessary classroom resources to ensure students meet grade-level requirements.

- Plans to work with district staff to provide necessary classroom resources to ensure students meet grade-level requirements.

School Facilities & Resources

Believes education is a right and society must ensure equitable opportunities for all.

Believes education is a "right, not a privilege..."and society must ensure equitable opportunities for all.

- Believes education is a "right, not a privilege..."and society must ensure equitable opportunities for all.

Access to Education

Plans to address issues teachers face, such as lack of leadership support.

Believes in addressing leadership support and other factors affecting teacher experience to improve retention.

- Plans to address issues teachers face, such as lack of leadership support.
- Believes in addressing leadership support and other factors affecting teacher experience to improve retention.

Teachers

Believes "lofty goals, benchmark scores and graduation rates are meaningless if meeting of the goals overshadows the importance of students achieving long lasting success."

Believes in addressing significant pandemic-related learning loss by meeting students' current academic levels rather than "teaching grade level" content.

Believes in addressing pandemic-related "learning loss" by meeting students' current academic levels rather than "teaching grade level" content.

- Believes "lofty goals, benchmark scores and graduation rates are meaningless if meeting of the goals overshadows the importance of students achieving long lasting success."
- Believes in addressing pandemic-related "learning loss" by meeting students' current academic levels rather than "teaching grade level" content.

School Curriculum

Believes student safety is paramount and plans to collaborate with public safety officials, parents, and teachers to secure schools.

Believes vulnerable populations, including LGBTQ+, students of color, and students with disabilities, are experiencing a mental health crisis at a significantly higher rate.

Supports prioritizing funding for the School Based Mental Health (SMBH) Program and finding early intervention resources for younger students.

- Believes student safety is paramount and plans to collaborate with public safety officials, parents, and teachers to secure schools.
- Believes vulnerable populations, including LGBTQ+, students of color, and students with disabilities, are experiencing a mental health crisis at a significantly higher rate.
- Supports prioritizing funding for the School Based Mental Health (SMBH) Program and finding early intervention resources for younger students.

Student Wellbeing

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Cynthia Stone

Cynthia is a born and raised Charlottean. She graduated from UNC-Greensboro in 1976 and earned a master’s degree with a Montessori concentration from Lander University in 2009. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cynthia is a retired educator. She taught at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools from 2005 to 2023. Before returning to teaching, she worked in New Jersey in various business roles, including sales, technical training, and operational management. She began her professional life in 1976 as an elementary school teacher with Chatham County Schools.

Cynthia's campaign for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education Member, District 5 is her first entry into politics.

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Lisa received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education and History and a Master’s Degree in School Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She volunteers for multiple organizations in her community.

Retired educator and former board member vie for the CMS school ...

Lisa is a retired educator. She spent more than 29 years in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as a teacher, curriculum developer, and administrator.

Lisa's currently serves as the County Board of Education Member in Mecklenburg County School Board District 5 in North Carolina. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

Supports providing additional funding to schools with low performance so teachers can have more supplies and receive extra pay for additional help.

- Supports providing additional funding to schools with low performance so teachers can have more supplies and receive extra pay for additional help.

Believes CMS must improve to compete with charter and private schools.

- Believes CMS must improve to compete with charter and private schools.

Supports paying teachers more for earning advanced degrees and for yearly step increases.

- Supports paying teachers more for earning advanced degrees and for yearly step increases.

Believes the district has taken away teachers' creativity, leading to declining test scores and student outcomes.

Plans to "continue working on closing the gap between all students and raise students' performance in reading, math, and science."

Plans to build relationships between parents and schools by involving parents in school activities and supporting community outreach programs that foster students' social and emotional learning.

- Believes the district has taken away teachers' creativity, leading to declining test scores and student outcomes.
- Plans to "continue working on closing the gap between all students and raise students' performance in reading, math, and science."
- Plans to build relationships between parents and schools by involving parents in school activities and supporting community outreach programs that foster students' social and emotional learning.

Supports having school resource officers (SROs) in elementary and middle schools.

Supports hiring retired policemen or military for school safety.

Believes "a one-size-fits-all approach is not effective in CMS" and supports tailored programs to ensure students graduate and are prepared for the next phase of their lives.

- Supports having school resource officers (SROs) in elementary and middle schools.
- Supports hiring retired policemen or military for school safety.
- Believes "a one-size-fits-all approach is not effective in CMS" and supports tailored programs to ensure students graduate and are prepared for the next phase of their lives.

Lisa Cline

- Supports hiring retired policemen or military for school safety.
- Believes "a one-size-fits-all approach is not effective in CMS" and supports tailored programs to ensure students graduate and are prepared for the next phase of their lives.

Lisa Cline's campaign for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education Member, District 5 is her first entry into politics. She is a retired CMS teacher and administrator. 

Lisa is a retired educator. She worked at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for more than 29 years, where she was a teacher, a curriculum developer, and an administrator.

Lisa Cline's campaign for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education Member, District 5 is her first entry into politics. She is a retired educator with over 39 years of experience in education, including 29 years in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as a teacher, curriculum developer, and administrator. She is a registered Republican and is endorsed by the local party.

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- 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. 