East Iredell Middle School “Constitution Day”
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East Iredell Middle School “Constitution Day”

Recently, I volunteered via a program that Iredell County’s School Board Member, Mike Kubiniec, had set up for local citizens to help our area schools. (Iredell Standing for Truth’s article) In North Carolina, every September 17th is set aside as “Constitution Day” to help students understand WHY an over 200 year old framing document (the U.S. Constitution) is still so vital to our freedoms. Not only should we be teaching, daily, how important our U.S. Constitution is, but how important our N.C. Constitution is. 
October 5, 2024Posted inCitizen Engagement, Education
NC Special Needs/Gifted & Talented: Are They Really Being Served?
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NC Special Needs/Gifted & Talented: Are They Really Being Served?

If you’re the parent of one of these types of students, you may have distinct questions and concerns about what you’re seeing OR maybe not seeing when it comes to educational needs for them. As a NC & Iredell taxpayer, do you know what portions of your money goes towards special needs and/or gifted & talented? What tests or assessments are used in Iredell which sets these children apart from their peers? Those questions will be answered below, along with some other ‘need to know’ information.
April 20, 2024Posted inEducation
NC Charter Schools: Good, Bad & Global
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NC Charter Schools: Good, Bad & Global

This is the first in a series about the state of education for our county. Iredell County will, by default, connect to our state government in Raleigh, as well as at a federal level (based in DC). However, Iredell County doesn’t stop there in its connection. It extends all the way to global entities like the United Nations. It’s my goal, by the end of the series for you, as a parent, taxpayer and American to be able to not only identify the underlying problems all this heaps upon us in our County, but how we can unite together to effect changes needed to, indeed have Iredell County become truly local in curriculum, testing and all that goes with it.
March 7, 2024Posted inEducation
Endorsements for Laketha Bobish – Iredell County School Board
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Endorsements for Laketha Bobish – Iredell County School Board

Check out: https://www.facebook.com/BobishonBoard2024 Taking Care of Iredell | NC Representative Jeff McNeely | WSICNews.comTaking Care of Iredell | NC Representative Jeff McNeely | WSICNews.com Join NC State Representative Jeff McNeely and discover what is happening in your local area. Call into the show live 844-STUDIO-4Posted by WSIC News on Monday, February 12, 2024
February 22, 2024Posted inWho's Who
Personal Endorsement of Brooke McGowan for US Congress District 10
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Personal Endorsement of Brooke McGowan for US Congress District 10

I have taken the time to do my research which entailed having multiple conversations with candidates by phone, in-person and through text, including Raquel Harrigan. Listening to interviews and attending forums. I wrote an article here in January. article here After attending Freedom Night, at Freedom House Church on February 8th, and listening to Charlie Kirk and Mark Robinson speak, I…
February 9, 2024Posted inCitizen Engagement
Langtree Charter Academy and It’s For-Profit Management Company
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Langtree Charter Academy and It’s For-Profit Management Company

Finding the perfect school for our kids is so important to parents today. This is why school choice is such a treasured opportunity available to this generation of kids that wasn’t available in previous years. For those of us who are researching charter options, we may be looking for several offerings that match the needs of our family. For our family,…
February 9, 2024Posted inDig Deeper, Education
PACs and Media Sway Primary Voters. Be Vigilant to Make Your Vote Count
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PACs and Media Sway Primary Voters. Be Vigilant to Make Your Vote Count

Primary political efforts are in full swing. In the D10 race for Patrick McHenry’s vacated seat, an interesting set of political moves were made. Pat Harrigan who had been planning to unseat Tim Moore as Speaker of the House filed for McHenry’s vacancy. Soon after, Representative Grey Mills left his House seat to run as well. The result of Mills leaving…
January 26, 2024Posted inDig Deeper
2024 Q1 UPCOMING  Political Events and Meetings
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2024 Q1 UPCOMING  Political Events and Meetings

Please feel free to share with others in your sphere of influence – together we MUST make a difference in the Primary and November election this year.  Also remember to donate, volunteer and pray for our candidates! 1-25 Iredell County Republican Women, 4th Thursdays, Dist. 10 Candidates Grey Mills, Brooke McGowan, Pat Harrigan, 6 PM, Twisted Oak Restaurant, 121 N. Center…
January 26, 2024Posted inCitizen Engagement
Statement from Troutman Police Chief on Iredell-Statesville School Obscenity Complaint
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Statement from Troutman Police Chief on Iredell-Statesville School Obscenity Complaint

"The Troutman Police Department was asked by Iredell-Statesville Schools officials to investigate what was alleged to be an incident of disseminating obscenity during the school board meeting that occurred on 01/08/2024. The report was forwarded to an investigator with the Criminal Investigations Unit who reviewed the allegations and the video recording of the meeting. The investigator did not feel that Mrs.…
January 23, 2024Posted inSet the Record Straight
Iredell Students have Digital Access to Public Library Obscene Books
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Iredell Students have Digital Access to Public Library Obscene Books

For more than two years Paula Mimnaugh, has tirelessly endeavored to petition the Iredell County School Board to take action against the many obscene books that have been perversely introduced into our county’s public school libraries. The board and school supervisor have shown little concern about this very important moral issue in the past, and they have taken minimal action, removing…
January 22, 2024Posted inDig Deeper, Education
Attack the Message, not the Messenger
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Attack the Message, not the Messenger

At the most recent Iredell school board meeting on January 8th, Mrs. Paula Mimnaugh read excerpts from two books, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas and Identical by Ellen Hopkins, both having horrendous and pervasive obscene contents. She read the excerpts solely to raise concern about the age-inappropriate literature that public school students are permitted to read through their public library access…
January 22, 2024Posted inSet the Record Straight