Strong Schools

Especially in rural North Carolina, schools provide a community backbone that shapes its young people and becomes the heart of the region. Suzanne is determined to strengthen public schools because strong schools mean even stronger communities. 

She plans to do this by prioritizing teacher pay and working to restore the children of North Carolina’s constitutional right to sound, basic, and uniform education. 

PAYING TEACHERS

If we want our children to succeed and our towns to thrive, we have to support the educators who make that possible. That means paying teachers and school staff a professional wage, reducing turnover, and making sure rural schools have the resources they need to serve students well.

North Carolina must invest in competitive educator pay and long-term support for public schools, particularly in rural districts. Raising teacher and staff salaries, addressing vacancy rates, increasing per pupil spending, and funding student support services are essential to improving educational outcomes and strengthening workforce readiness statewide.

RESTORING SOUND, BASIC EDUCATION

When the NC Supreme Court long-running Leandro case, they left school children without a path to ensure a basic education. While the perversion still exists in the NC Constitution, it is unenforceable, leaving so many children without access to education. Suzanne is determined to fix this, particularly for rural communities that rely on these systems.