In addition to former County Commissioner Steve Halkiotis and former Board of Education candidate Tony McKnight, a newcomer has thrown his hat into the ring for a seat on the Orange County Board of Education.
The Durham Herald-Sun reports this morning:
"In other filing news, first-time candidate Jeff Michalski of Efland joined the race for the Orange County Board of Education on Thursday.
Michalski, who said he "is committed to providing the best possible education and choices for the children and parents of Orange County," is a former behavior specialist and exceptional children's teacher and a former school resource officer at Cedar Ridge High and Partnership Academy.
The 10-year resident of northern Orange County is a resource developer for Durham-based Caring Family Network, where he recruits, trains, licenses and supervises therapeutic foster parents, who provide a structured environment that supports learning, social and emotional skills of displaced youths.
Michalski, also known as 'Coach Ski' or 'Deputy Ski,' has been a football, softball and strength and conditioning coach in Durham as well as a D.A.R.E instructor for Grady Brown Elementary.
The school board candidate, who has two children at Hillsborough Elementary School, said his top priorities are 'choice in public education, involving the community in support of our schools and closing the achievement gap by improving all Orange County schools.'"
I personally spoke to Jeff Michalski this morning and will be able to share more information about the man and his campaign later today.
Suffice it to say, I was very impressed with Jeff's commitment to the children of Orange County, his broad experience in a variety of roles in Orange County schools, and his direct understanding of what it takes to be the parent of a child in our schools. I was so impressed, in fact, that I have already sent a campaign donation.
I look forward to actively supporting Jeff's campaign and to seeing him on the school board for years to come.
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We need to support Jeff, Al & other common-sense Board candidates by spreading the word & donating funds. The only way to ensure HES stays is to gain a majority on the board.
We want HES to stay, but we also want our children's friends, our neighbors, and our families at CE and EC to get the help they deserve. With Jeff's educational background, obvious history of working with and serving children, many who are at-risk, he seems the perfect candidate to get the job done. From what I have read, he seems very devoted and interested in helping children, and his career, thus far, indicates the same.
Al has not decided to run as of yet. We need to encourage him as much as possible to file for the BOE elections.
I would like to encourage everyone to throw your support towards these canidates. Al H, who has already proven himself on our BOE has yet to file. Please call him, email him, or talk to him and offer him your vote and your FINANCIAL support for his campaign. We can support these folks by getting the word out, but we also need to support them financially. We NEED Al there as an experienced board member that knows the ropes. If he had not been fighting for us this past year, I think our kids would be in a merged school at this very moment. Now we can show him how much we appreciate all his hard work. He has EARNED our support.
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