An out-of-work special education teacher wants to fill the Wake school board District 6 vacancy.
Etta Wilson filed her application today to seek the position created by Beverley Clark's resignation from the school board. Wilson was most recently a special education teacher at Southeast Raleigh High School until June.
Wilson said she had resigned her job there in hopes of working at an elementary school or a middle school but hasn't been picked up yet. She's like a lot of other teachers who are hoping to get hired after the 10th day of traditional-calendar schools.
(Before you guys ask, I'm not sure whether a school district employee can serve on the school board.)
In her application, Wilson stresses her wilingness to sacrifice her time to serve on the school board. She says she's always "on duty," going back to her days when she was a federal government employee.
Interestingly, Wilson questions Wake's goal of having 100 percent of students graduating by 2014.
"When we set goals such as '100 percent' of students graduating on time, we set ourselves up for failure and no where to go," Wilson writes.
Wilson advocates setting a lower target of 95 percent.
Back during the debate over the goal, board members had set it at 100 percent because they said going with anything less would send the wrong message.
Wilson has three reference letters, including one from Wake NCAE President Jennifer Lanane. That's interesting considering that one of Lanane's predecessors, Julie Nau, has also applied for Clark's seat.
Click here to read Wilson's application.
UPDATE
Lanane says the reference letter was only to help Wilson find a new teaching job and not for the board vacancy.
