Education Matters

As COVID-19 continues to present our state and nation with so many challenges with regard to children’s schooling, joining us on the show today is the chair of the North Carolina State Board of Education, Eric Davis, and the Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Susan Gale Perry, to discuss the most recent guidance released about how to safely re-open North Carolina’s public schools for 2020-2021. Also joining us today is Tabari Wallace, Principal of West Craven High School and Matt Wight, Principal of Apex Friendship High School, who represent our high school principals across North Carolina who have done amazing things to honor the 2020 graduating seniors and help them cap off a year that was anything but normal. Mr. Eric Davis, Chair, State Board of Education Ms. Susan Gale Perry, Chief Deputy Secretary, NC Department of Health and Human Services Mr. Tabari Wallace, Principal, West Craven High School Mr. Matt Wight, Principal, Apex Friendship High School