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Rising juniors, apply for the Superintendent’s Advisory Council

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Do you have rising high school juniors who would be interested in serving on State Superintendent Mo Green’s Student Advisory Council? We encourage them to apply! The opportunity is open to all public high school students, including those from charter schools.

Here’s more about the Council from DPI:

Calling all rising juniors (current 10th graders) in high school! Apply today to serve as a Student Advisor on State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green’s Student Advisory Council. If you are interested in state K-12 education issues, advocating on behalf of your peers, and serving as an advisor to decision-makers in K-12 education, this opportunity is for you!

The Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council meets virtually each month, and members serve a two-year term that concludes at the end of their senior year of high school. Throughout the appointment, advisors hear from experts at the Department of Public Instruction, State Board of Education, the General Assembly, and the Governor’s Office, among others, to learn about issues facing our state and share their input on what can be done to support students, teachers and our local school districts and charter schools.

At the conclusion of each year, advisors have the opportunity to participate in a Student Advocacy Day at the North Carolina General Assembly. The council members will also meet with the Superintendent of Public Instruction during their visit to Raleigh.

Whether you attend a public charter school, a residential school, a magnet school, a year-round school, an early college high school, or a traditional public school – this opportunity is for you!

Applications are open now and close May 1 at 11:59 PM. Apply here. Read more about the Advisory Council from EdNC.

State Superintendent Green visits Pine Springs Prep to launch School Choice Week

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It’s National School Choice Week! On Friday, just before the launch of NSCW, State Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green visited Pine Springs Preparatory Academy, a K-8 public charter school in Holly Springs. A Coalition member school, Pine Springs Prep is led by Bruce Friend, who also chairs the state’s Charter Schools Review Board.

On Friday morning on X, Superintendent Green wrote about his visit to Pine Springs Prep:

Families in North Carolina deserve to have access to school choice, including high-quality charter schools. This morning, I toured the beautiful Pine Springs Preparatory Academy in Holly Springs and had a chance to meet with their leadership, students and staff, as well as members of the North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board. I look forward to continuing to learn about all of the wonderful @ncpublicschools in our state!

Left to right: John Eldridge, Vice Chair, Charter Schools Review Board; State Superintendent Mo Green; Bruce Friend, Executive Director, Pine Springs Prep, and Chair, Charter Schools Review Board; Ashley Baquero, Director, North Carolina Office of Charter Schools; and Gregg Sinders, Board Member, Pine Springs Prep, and Board member, NC Coalition for Charter Schools Board of Directors.
Photo credit: State Superintendent Green/X.

We appreciate Superintendent Green’s spotlight on an excellent public charter school–and we look forward to highlighting charter excellence this week!

National School Choice Week 2025 runs from January 26 to February 1.