PTA leaders joined Executive Director Debra Horton and lobbyist Ashley Perkinson for an advocacy day at the North Carolina General Assembly. These leaders had the opportunity to discuss important education policy issues such as teacher compensation, funding for teacher assistants, and proposed changes to Read to Achieve.
Gary Lewis, Wake County PTA Council President said: “It was a pleasure to work with the NCPTA to Advocate on behalf of our students and teachers on June 11th. It is very important that our State and County representatives are reminded that the PTA was formed to Advocate on behalf of our children and not as a fundraising unit for our local schools. This will happen only when our PTA leaders are seen and heard. It was great to have the opportunity today to be seen and to be heard by some of our Wake County Representatives and Senators.”