February 2021 News Bulletin

NCAE Statewide Tour to Focus on Great Things Happening in Public Schools

A decades-old dream is coming to fruition in the form of a big, beautiful RV tour. The NCAE “We ❤ Public Schools” RV Tour will include visits to all 100 counties in North Carolina. The tour began in January and will continue through early June. It will culminate in a large statewide rally in late June just as the N.C. General Assembly is making budget decisions. NCAE tour organizers are working with local and regional leaders to create events in each county that lift up the stories of how public schools are doing extraordinary things every day for North Carolina students and communities. The tour will also feature weekly “listening” events to get input

from locals about what we can do together to strengthen NCAE’s power at every level, long into the future. The tour’s range of virtual or COVID-safe, in-person events in each county are a great way to engage membership and leadership across the state. The stories we gather along the way will both inspire and document those things that legislators must do to fully realize the promise made to North Carolina families by our state constitution of a sound, basic education for every child. Throughout the month of February, members can expect to spot the tour making its way through Region 7 before turning West through the

Piedmont and the mountains. Information on upcoming tour stops and event activities can be found at www.WeHeartNCPublicSchools.org. Members who are interested in helping coordinate their local’s tour stop events can contact the Tour Coordinator for their region. They are:

•Regions 1, 2, 3 -- Ashley Jane McIntyre: ashleyjane.mcintyre@ncae.org •Regions 4, 5 -- Milo Norlin: milo.norlin@ncae.org •Regions 6, 7 -- Anya Sippen: anya.sippen@ncae.org.