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‘I Couldn’t Just Sit on the Sidelines Anymore’: North Carolina Parents Run for Local School Boards

‘I Couldn’t Just Sit on the Sidelines Anymore’: North Carolina Parents Run for Local School Boards
Attendees at a Loudoun County school board meeting in Ashburn, Va., on Jan. 25, 2022. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times
Matt McGregor
Matt McGregor
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4/28/2022|Updated: 4/29/2022
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NORTH CAROLINA—Like many parents who chose to run for their district school boards this year, Crissy Pratt had never been involved in local politics.

That changed during the COVID-19 lockdowns when Pratt began watching the live-streamed Guilford County Board of Education meetings in North Carolina to keep up with the ever-changing COVID restrictions.

Matt McGregor
Matt McGregor
Reporter
Matt McGregor is an Epoch Times reporter who covers general U.S. news and features. Send him your story ideas: [email protected]
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