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House committee on the future of education hears from Union County

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House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina's Future March 2022 meeting. Alex Granados/EducationNC

The House Select Committee on an Education System for North Carolina’s Future held a meeting in Monroe on Monday evening, hearing presentations from Union County Public Schools (UCPS), South Piedmont Community College (SPCC), and Wingate University. The second hour was reserved for public comment.

You can read the presentation from local officials here. Below are videos of the presentations and public comment.

The next committee meetings will be April 4 in Gaston County and April 25 in Carteret County.

You can submit a comment to the committee here.

Committee introduction

Melissa Merrell, UCPS Board of Education

Dr. Andrew Houlihan, UCPS superintendent

Dr. Maria Pharr, SPCC president

Dr. Rhett Brown, Wingate University president

Public comment

Closing remarks