I will work with county commissioners in a forthright manner so we can have a realistic and responsible model for funding our schools adequately as our county continues its rapid growth. top: 0px; .percentage_number { Box 58Pine Level, NC 27568 Member since 2020Term expires 2024, terrytippett@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x7308532 Simon RoadMiddlesex, NC 27557Member since 2022Term expires 2026, michelleantoine@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x7301174 Plaza De Luke SquareClayton, NC 27527Member since 2022Term expires 2026, kaycarroll@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x73731112 South Lakeside DriveFour Oaks, NC27524Membersince2020 (Also served: 1992-2008)Term expires 2024, kevindonovan@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x73884513 Stevens Sausage RoadSmithfield NC, NC 27577Member since 2022Term expires 2026, ronaldjohnson@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x7374423 Westminster DriveClayton, NC 27520Member since 2016Term expires 2024, mikewooten@johnston.k12.nc.us919-934-6032 x7371224 Cedar Springs DrivePrinceton, NC 27569Member since 2008Term expires 2024, 2320 US 70 Business HWY East | Smithfield, NC 27577. font-weight: bold; width: 250px; Push that child every day. background-color: #6db24f; .widget-value { clear: both; background-color: #6db24f; Does any responsible parent, any responsible grandparent, any concerned taxpayer or business leader think we can afford another four years of this disaster?. height: 100%; border:1px solid #FFB81F; } font-weight: bold; $('.collapse').collapse('show'); We are not scared that we are gonna be the minorities by 2030. The capital plan must make equity a priority when siting new schools and improving existing ones. display: block; padding-left: 8px; Baptist. } Rick currently serves as vice president of N.C. City and County Communicators and is a board member of the N.C. Open Government Coalition. }); 112 talking about this. text-align: center; } .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} max-width: 600px; } position: absolute; .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} .non_result_row th { width: 35px !important; Gross fiscal malpractice has led to a shocking budget shortfall and a reckless draining of the school systems reserves over the course of just a couple of years. text-align: left; I saw her in public without a mask back during the school masking, I sent her an email calling her out on it and her response was if you didnt take a picture of it, it didnt happen! Right then I knew she was beyond corrupt. color: white; .votebox-results-cell--check { let scrollHeight = jQuery('.results_table_container').get(index).scrollHeight; Only Im not interested in baseless and unscientific opinion. background-color: green; $('.hideResponses').show(); Still waiting on Jen Rs scientific studies that say what she claimed. $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { width: 100%; .votebox-scroll-container { padding-bottom: 3px; Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Rick_Mercier_(Johnston_County_Board_of_Education,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)&oldid=8930277" .clearfix { Prior to his current employment, he was editor of The Clayton News-Star. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { We invite you to attend our meetings and we welcome your support and input. Voters narrowed the field of 13 candidates to six in the race for the Johnston County Board of Education. ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } .votebox-results-cell--check { $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { text-align: center; font-size: 2em; My constituents would be students, parents, teachers, classified and administrative staff, taxpayers and local employers. Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalizations has remained relatively high over time, although it tends to be slightly lower for older adults and for people with weakened immune systems. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/work.html. Federal courts | background-color: red; Michelle Antoine was a surprise. Elections in 2023 | } text-align: center; .race_header.libertarian { } Rick Mercier, candidate for Johnston County Board of Education Avi Bajpai, The News & Observer (Raleigh) 10/24/2022 1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Castleton Square Mall margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%; Source. div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } text-align: center; Source. .votebox_legend { display: block; .electionsectionheading { } } .widget-img { Johnston County Board of Education meeting dates, agendas, and School Board Policies can be found by visiting the eBoard Solutions page. $('.showResponses').hide(); .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { } } } width: 43%; $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { Byrd was unsuccessful in his bid to remain on the school board. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } padding-bottom: 8px; For the past several years, I have coached and mentored All-America City finalist communities as they work to win the All-America City Award. in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. } margin-bottom: 4px; .election_results_text { Ballotpedia features 393,614 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. left: 0; I am Terry Tippett, a lifelong resident of Johnston County. display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; background-color: #f9d334; She also believes that Democrats want to allow abortion up to 28 days after birth. Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. .race_header { color: #0645ad; } width: 57%; setTimeout(function() { defer() }, 500); font-size: 12px; } $('.collapse').collapse('show'); width: 100% .votebox_legend .non_result_row { Focus on community groups as well as individuals. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? color: white; What plans do you have to be inclusive of parental involvement? width: 50px; .widget-row.heading { } background-color: #db0000; position: relative; It is both mystical and painstakingly concrete. padding-bottom: 5px; (function() { } width: 100%; They are ready to clean house. .election_results_text { .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;} The Board, as community leaders, shall provide an open dialogue with mutual respect, working with the Superintendent and local government, securing sufficient resources, and serving as advocates for Johnston County Public Schools. margin-top: 0px; Incumbents are bolded and underlined. padding-bottom: 5px; .top_disclaimer { $('.collapse').collapse('show'); border-radius: 50%; How a pro-mask, pro-CRT, anti-parent, lover-of-other-peoples-money type would secure over 6000 votes in Joco is astounding. } .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .results_table_container { } Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. They should not be pulled out of them to drive buses. color:white; The further away from the people a government body gets, the more administrative and largess it becomes, consuming more of your tax dollars. I am hopeful because of what I see in our schoolsand because so many of the parents, grandparents, educators and support staff I have met in recent weeks have told me that they are ready for a change in our school systems leadership. display: table; We need dramatic change if we are to have the superior schools that all of our children deserve. font-style: italic;

letter-spacing: .03em; padding-left: 8px; .widget-row.value-only.black { }) Cities | vertical-align: top; } County government can claim that power; in fact, the countys comprehensive plan recommends consideration of such rules. }; $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { .widget-row.value-only { .non_result_row div { Elect Rick Mercier - Johnston County Board of Education } In 1978 I heard on my Clock Radio(bet u dont know what that is.) Through my volunteer work with the Partnership for Children and my own research, I have come to better understand how important it is that children be grade-level reading proficient by the end of third grade. The Johnston County Board of Education is committed to making Johnston County Public Schools second to none. .race_footer { Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? padding:7px 8px 8px; How old were you at the time? color: #6db24f; display: table; } December 20, 2019. Cities | font-size: 2em; text-align: center; Kim, it sounds like youre the one who needs help here. I am fair-minded and am a listener. } Through attending JCPS, having children attend JCPS, and recently working in the "system", I am able to see and fix things "from the inside out". height: 50px; background-color: #003388; defer();

They make it worse because it gives people a false sense of security from catching a virus. } .election_results_text { Former Clayton News-Star Editor Rick Mercier of Clayton filed Friday morning for the Johnston County School Board. I just hope she can get her messages more streamlined and come with ideas for change not just saying it needs to happen. .survey-result {padding:10px;} a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } height: 56px; .percentage_number { We will come out of that retreatwhich will be open to the public and mediawith clear direction on an operational budget for the next fiscal year, on a budget model for the next five years, and on a capital plan that will enable us to catch up on school construction and expansions and renovations of existing schools. Zebulon, N.C. } width: 50px; Johnston County Board of Education meeting dates, agendas, and School Board Policies can be found by visiting the eBoard Solutions page. Evidence of the fraudulent 2020 election can be see in the documentary 2000 Mules. margin-bottom: 0; } You clearly have opinions terrybarns, so why didnt you run? vertical-align: middle; propaganda sources, like Paul Alexander, will cherry pick sentences from various studies to paint a dishonest picture while ignoring the overall conclusion, but its not science and it isnt honest.In the meantime, Ill stick with the peer reviewed studies. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. | $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { Counties | .votebox-scroll-container { background-color: red; }) Your latest argument, after your baseless claim about them giving a false sense of security, is to claim that since numbers were high, then somehow, that must mean the masks and/or vaccines dont work. I have a well-established commitment to transparent government. font-weight: 300; Its a real shame John Fischer didnt get his message out better. .survey-result {padding:10px;} .outer_percentage { font-weight: 300; What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? font-size: 0.9em; color: #6db24f; He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { Our school system is in crisis, Mr. Mercier said. That's a good lesson for all of us to learn. } top: -5px; margin-right: 12px; Kevin Donovan finished second with 11,215 votes (16%), and Michelle Antoine came in third with 10,040 votes (14%). font-size: 12px; font-weight: 100; (now overflow-y: hidden; lynandrews@johnston.k12.nc.us 919-934-6032 x7372 P.O. } } $('.showResponses').show(); Mercier also studied at Duke University Divinity School. clear: both; Pivotal Time For Johnston County Public Schools, emails I have obtained as part of a public records request, 200 computer files containing financial records were deleted by a director in Facility Services amid concerns about possible fraud, Deleted Files, Inflated Invoices, Fraud Allegations Uncovered In More Mistakenly Released JCS Emails, Eggs Up Grill Begins Construction In Clayton, Johnston Community College Welcomes New President Dr. Vern Lindquist. .outer_percentage { top: -5px; } .hideResponses { display: none;} https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817. background-color: #db0000; background-color: green; color: black; font-weight: bold; Our childrens school system faces a severe fiscal crisis and an equally severe leadership crisis. Counties | display: inline-block; (function() { I will listen to your concerns. background-color: #dac113; Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. We should have adequate funding for operational and capital needs, including teacher and staff pay and new school construction. display: inline-block; Let me know if you are interested and I will tell you where. I know that every other parent and grandparent in our fast-growing county wants the same thing for the schoolchildren in their families, Mercier said. } The following candidates ran in the primary for Johnston County Schools Board of Education At-large on March 3, 2020. I told My wife of 47 yrs. float: right; I was interested in actual science, but as usual. height: 100%; I will constantly listen to you and develop other priorities over time. color: white; margin: 0; .widget-row.value-only.black { width: 50px; }; var nTimer = setInterval(function() { font-style: italic; .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} margin: 8px auto; div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } position: relative; padding-left: 0; .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { } background-color: #f9f9f9; I serve on the board of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and am former vice president of North Carolina City and County Communicators. 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