Friends of Orange County Schools

Friends of Orange County Schools To make a donation, please send checks payable to:
Friends of Orange County Schools
P.O. Early voting starts February 15 with Primary Election Day on March 5.

Box 854
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Or make a donation using paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6TD5PTUFA8G6C The primary election will determine three seats on our school board. As you consider your choice of candidates, we thought it might be helpful to take the time to tell you who we are and why we enthusiastically endorse Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner to

serve on the Orange County School Board. Friends of Orange County Schools is a diverse group of stakeholders in our county’s public schools. We include OC natives and OCS graduates, transplants, the children of immigrants, and the descendants of the enslaved. We are white, black, Hispanic and more. We are at various life stages with wide ranging socioeconomic statuses. We live across the Orange County community and have different religious backgrounds or no religion at all. We are current and former educators, bankers, realtors, social workers, first responders, small business owners, mechanics, secretaries, customer service representatives, clergy members, military veterans, scientists, artists, musicians, and more. We are registered Democrats, Republicans, and the large majority, unaffiliated. We are active in the community through membership(s) in NAACP, PTAs, PTSOs, Churches, civic organizations, political organizations, and more. What unites us is we put the needs of students above everything else. We spent a lot of time vetting our current slate of candidates, asking them a lot of questions and having a lot of candid discussions. We have members that attend every school board meeting to evaluate how each board member engages and votes. In the end, we have 3 candidates that we firmly believe will act in the best interests of ALL of the students in Orange County Schools. Sign up to tell us how you want to help using this link:

https://forms.gle/aagH7Mz6tA5FnUSk9

It’s Primary Election Day, the election that decides the Orange County School Board members. Polls will be open until 7:...
03/05/2024

It’s Primary Election Day, the election that decides the Orange County School Board members. Polls will be open until 7:30. Bring your photo ID. We hope you will join us in voting for kids over politics with Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner.

If you aren’t sure where your poll is, check here:

https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

This was intended to be a Letter to the Editor, but it did not make the print. We thought it was important to share for ...
03/02/2024

This was intended to be a Letter to the Editor, but it did not make the print. We thought it was important to share for others to learn more about how FOCS came to be.

02/29/2024

BOCC Earl McKee writes Letter to the Editor in the News of Orange County in support of Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, a...
02/28/2024

BOCC Earl McKee writes Letter to the Editor in the News of Orange County in support of Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner.

If you aren’t able to make the upcoming forum, there’s still plenty of time to meet our favorite candidates and ask ques...
02/20/2024

If you aren’t able to make the upcoming forum, there’s still plenty of time to meet our favorite candidates and ask questions about our schools that are important to you!

Another opportunity to ask questions of the school board candidates.  Please take advantage of this, especially if you h...
02/19/2024

Another opportunity to ask questions of the school board candidates. Please take advantage of this, especially if you haven’t had the opportunity to attend a previous forum. All candidates were invited to attend.

Early voting starts TODAY and runs through March 2.  Primary Election Day is March 5. Please take the time to stop by an...
02/15/2024

Early voting starts TODAY and runs through March 2. Primary Election Day is March 5. Please take the time to stop by and vote for Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner for Orange County School Board. The Primary election will determine the school board members. Please note Photo ID is required to vote.

If you haven’t had the chance yet to meet and talk with Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner, here is anoth...
02/14/2024

If you haven’t had the chance yet to meet and talk with Bonnie Hauser, Michael Johnson, and Cindy Shriner, here is another opportunity to do so.

Cindy Shriner is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant who came to America to flee communism. She is a long time OC resident...
02/13/2024

Cindy Shriner is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant who came to America to flee communism. She is a long time OC resident and is the wife of esteemed retired teacher and coach, Bobby Shriner. They have 5 children, all graduates of OCS. One child had an IEP due to genetic chromosome issues that led to learning delays and processing challenges. He received services throughout his education from a special preschool at the former Cameron Park to speech and occupational therapy and testing accommodations. These services provided the support he needed to go on to graduate on time. Three other children were in advanced AP classes, while the last had a mixture of AP and regular classes. Cindy knows what is to have students with different needs and firmly equity calls for all their needs to be met. Together, Cindy and Coach Shriner poured into the lives of hundreds and hundreds Orange County students over the years. Cindy is an attorney with her practice here in Hillsborough. Her legal experience and gift for analyzing often complex and multi-dimensional problems for effective solutions will be invaluable to the board as it navigates new laws and state mandates while developing compliant policies that serve all children and educators in the district. We hope you will give Cindy one of your votes for the school board. To learn more about Cindy, visit

https://www.cindyshriner4schoolboard.com/

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P.O. Box 854
Hillsborough, NC
27278

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