Nicole Taborn has a husband and two children.

Nicole is a Correctional Treatment Specialist. She works at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina, where she has been for 24 years.

Supports expanding access to school counselors and mental-health professionals.

- Supports expanding access to school counselors and mental-health professionals.

School Facilities & Resources

For Candidate Nicole Taborn on Issue education-access:  
Aims to align financial planning with projected growth.

Aims to align financial planning with projected growth.

- Aims to align financial planning with projected growth.

Access to Education

Believes teachers should have a seat at the table in decisions that affect their classrooms and students.

Believes teachers should "have a seat at the table" in decisions that affect their classrooms and students.

For Candidate Nicole Taborn on Issue teachers:  
Plans to "advocate for fair compensation that attracts and retains high-quality educators."

Plans to "advocate for fair compensation that attracts and retains high-quality educators."

Supports manageable workloads and access to wellness resources to prevent teacher burnout.

Supports "manageable workloads and access to wellness resources to prevent [teacher] burnout."

- Believes teachers should "have a seat at the table" in decisions that affect their classrooms and students.
- Plans to "advocate for fair compensation that attracts and retains high-quality educators."
- Supports "manageable workloads and access to wellness resources to prevent [teacher] burnout."

Teachers

For Candidate Nicole Taborn on Issue school-curriculum:  
Supports providing rigorous, high-quality instruction in every school.

Believes in "providing rigorous, high-quality instruction in every school."

- Believes in "providing rigorous, high-quality instruction in every school."

School Curriculum

For Candidate Nicole Taborn on Issue student-wellbeing:  
Supports maintaining highly trained School Resource Officers (SROs) who build positive relationships with students.

Supports maintaining highly trained School Resource Officers who "build positive relationships with students."

- Supports maintaining highly trained School Resource Officers who "build positive relationships with students."

Student Wellbeing

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- The Board of Education runs the public school system. They create policies that establish standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the school system.
- The Board of Education member hires a superintendent and can remove them when necessary. The superintendent assists the Board of Education in implementing the board’s policies. 
- The Board of Education is charged with deciding the school budget. This means they decide how to allocate money between different services, such as teacher pay, repairing school facilities, or access to technology.
- Board of Education members are elected every four years. 