Our Schools First has re-organized as a non-partisan, pro-education action committee. Here’s why. A new beginning for OS1 When our referendum committee was founded as Mooresville & Iredell & Mitchell Schools First, the only issue we could legally address as an organization was the November 2014 school bond referendum. Flash forward to January 2016, when a […]
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Are Our School Bonds in Danger?
Could the 2014 Education Bond Referendum be at risk? A look at 2016 county commissioner candidates has us concerned. Last night, five Republican candidates for Iredell County Commission gathered for a forum at the Old Courthouse in Statesville, and what some of the candidates had to say about the 2014 Education Bond Referendum left us […]
Advocates for Children will be Missed
Our Schools First Mourns the Loss of Frank Rader, Mac Herring The Our Schools First committee was devastated to learn of the passing of board members Frank Rader and Mac Herring this past week. Both Frank and Mac were instrumental in OSF’s campaign for the Iredell Education bond referendum in November 2014. Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent […]