Darlene lives with her husband and their children in Barrow County, Georgia. The family attends Bethlehem Church. She is also an ambassador with the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Barrow Area Rotary Club. 

Darlene is a small business owner and previously served as a doctoral prepared nurse leader. She has served as chair and vice-chair of hospital committees, national practice guidance committees, and as a member of an advisory committee for the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Darlene Carey’s campaign for Barrow County Board of Education member is her first entry into politics.

As of March 23, 2024, Darlene Carey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Access to Education

Promises to embody a "traditional and conservative approach."

- Promises to embody a "traditional and conservative approach."

School Curriculum

Promises to spend tax dollars appropriately.

- Promises to spend tax dollars appropriately.

School Facilities & Resources

Candidate website

Said, "I fully appreciate the benefit of a well-rounded education, especially when social and economic disadvantages can be pervasive within a child’s life and I count it a blessing to have worked alongside many great teachers, case workers, psychologists and behavioralists."

Said, "Our children are our number one priority and we must keep them safe in our schools."

- Supports a "well-rounded" education. 
- Said, "Our children are our number one priority and we must keep them safe in our schools."

Student Wellbeing

The candidate's website says, "Supporting our awesome educators, so they have what they need to teach our children."

The candidate's website says, "Employ the best teachers for our children."

Promises to "employ the best teachers for our children."

- Promises to increase teacher retention. 
- Promises to "employ the best teachers for our children."

Teachers

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Darlene Carey

Darlene live with her husband, Dan, and their children in Barrow County, Georgia. Darlene and her family are members of Bethlehem Church. She is also an amabassador with the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Barrow Area Rotary Club. 

Darlene Carey is a small business owner and previously served as a doctoral prepared nurse leader. She has additionally served as chair and vice-chair of hospital committees, national practice guidance committees, and as a member of an advisory committee for the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

As of May 17, 2024, Darlene Carey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said, "In that moment, what I felt as an elementary student was the power of positive words, the incredible power of affirmation and it continues to make a tremendous difference in my life."

Said, "Proudly parenting eleven children and fostering numerous others over the years, our experience as parents has exemplified the importance for a collaborative multi-faceted approach to education and where communication and understanding is paramount."

The candidate's website says, "After the introductions were made, the officer asked for all students to stand and repeat after him..."I AM SOMEBODY!"...all of the elementary students were yelling, "I AM SOMEBODY' several times..."

Darlene Carey, along with her husband Dan, has raised eleven children and fostered many more. They have lived in Barrow County for the past 6 years, where two of their teenagers attend Winder-Barrow High School, and three of their nine grandchildren are pre-K and kindergarten bound. Information about where they attended school or what church they attend is not provided, nor are specific details about their entire family structure.

Darlene Carey is a small business owner with a past role as a doctoral prepared nurse leader, which provided her with over 25 years of experience in leadership, strategic planning, education, policy governance, and stakeholder collaboration. In her nursing leadership role, she had fiduciary responsibility for over eight hospital nursing departments and served on various hospital and national committees, including an advisory committee for the Center for Disease Control.

As of May 3, 2024, Darlene Carey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.