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Shakia McCrary attended Georgia Southern University.

Shakia's campaign for member of the Peach County Board of Education is her first run for public office.

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Shakia works as the Peach County parent fellow for GeorigaCAN, an educational advocacy nonprofit.

Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

- Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

Access to Education

Supports a "comprehensive, multi-year effort to modernize and strengthen our curriculum, ensuring our classrooms reflect proven research, innovation, and the real-world experiences of today’s students."

- Supports a "comprehensive, multi-year effort to modernize and strengthen our curriculum, ensuring our classrooms reflect proven research, innovation, and the real-world experiences of today’s students."

School Curriculum

Supports "[e]nsuring Peach County is prepared to fully utilize state resources available to our district."

Believes budgets should be put "into classrooms and student success."

- Supports "[e]nsuring Peach County is prepared to fully utilize state resources available to our district."
- Believes budgets should be put "into classrooms and student success."

School Facilities & Resources

Said, "[o]ur schools shouldn’t run on tradition alone—they should run on what works best for students today."

- Said, "[o]ur schools shouldn’t run on tradition alone—they should run on what works best for students today."

Student Wellbeing

Believes teachers should receive "modern training and proven instructional approaches."

Supports "partnerships with parents and teachers, expanding the role of Parent-Teacher Coordinators."

- Believes teachers should receive "modern training and proven instructional approaches."
- Supports "partnerships with parents and teachers, expanding the role of Parent-Teacher Coordinators."

Teachers

Shakia Tiana McCrary

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.