YANCEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION STALLINGS, JOHN DAVID 12/14/2023 50 SCHOOL CIR
John Stallings DEM BURNSVILLE, NC 28714
YANCEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WHITSON, CODY PAYTON 12/06/2023 7 ROBERTSON ST (828) 284-7167 CWHITSON1125@GMAIL.COM
Cody Whitson REP BURNSVILLE, NC 28714
YANCEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BURNETTE, LAVENIA SUE 12/14/2023 176 YOUNG ACRES DR PO BOX 1718 (828) 284-0752
Lavenia Peterson Burnette DEM BURNSVILLE, NC 28714 BURNSVILLE, NC 28714
YANCEY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS JOBE, SUSAN ERLINE 12/04/2023 498 RIVER BEND DR SCROUTJOBE@YAHOO.COM

CANDIDATE DETAIL LIST (ALAMANCE BOARD OF ELECTIONS / YANCEY BOARD OF ELECTIONS)

Lavenia Peterson Burnette lives in Burnsville, North Carolina.

Burnette's campaign focuses on improving educational outcomes, increasing community involvement in schools, and ensuring that all students have access to quality education. She believes in the importance of collaboration between parents, teachers, and the community to foster a supportive learning environment. Burnette has a background in education and is passionate about advocating for the needs of students and families in her district.

Lavenia Peterson Burnette (Yancey County Board of Education, North Carolina, candidate 2026)

Lavenia Peterson Burnette (Yancey County Board of Education ...

2026 North Carolina General Election

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will make a Budget Amendment and seek grant funding in order to use funds to support free breakfast/lunches for all students.

Board of Education Platform

Plans to seek a budget amendment and grant funding for free breakfast and lunch for all students.

- Plans to seek a budget amendment and grant funding for free breakfast and lunch for all students.

School Facilities & Resources

As of September 2, 2026, Lavenia Peterson Burnette’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Access to Education

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will work to restore all Teacher Assistants from 37.5 hours/week to 40 hours a week.

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will choose administrative leaders who make appropriate educational, operational and employment hiring decisions based on unbiased opinions without prejudice or political influence.

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will restore integrity back to the practice of personnel hiring and decision making practices with hiring committees designated by school principal recommendations without political and BOE member/Superintendent influence.

Plans to restore teacher assistants from 37.5 to 40 hours per week.

Plans to choose administrative leaders and use hiring committees recommended by principals without political influence.

- Plans to restore teacher assistants from 37.5 to 40 hours per week.
- Plans to choose administrative leaders and use hiring committees recommended by principals without political influence.

Teachers

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* 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.

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will work to reinstate the Drafting and Engineering Design Program at Mountain Heritage High School with a highly qualified CTE instructor to prepare a qualified workforce for the largest employer in the county.

Plans to protect administrators, teachers, and staff from retaliation for raising educational and curricular concerns.

Plans to reinstate Mountain Heritage High School's Drafting and Engineering Design Program with a career and technical education instructor.

- Plans to protect administrators, teachers, and staff from retaliation for raising educational and curricular concerns.
- Plans to reinstate Mountain Heritage High School's Drafting and Engineering Design Program with a career and technical education instructor.

School Curriculum

# Board of Education Platform
## John Stallings, Kimberly Wilson Higgins, Lavenia Peterson Burnette
Candidates, Yancey County Board of Education

* We will petition the Department of Transportation to remedy the unsafe conditions that exist at our Middle Schools during drop-off and pick-up.

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

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

Student Wellbeing

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Composite Statewide Abstract Report (PDF) — North Carolina State Board of Elections

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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. 

Member of the board that governs your county's public school system