Josie is a board member on the New Hanover County Board of Education. She works at the New Hanover County Board of Education, where she helps set school policies, works with teachers and administrators, and listens to families. She previously taught middle school in Texas at a low-income school, where she led a karate-based alternative to PE program to teach self-control, respect, and discipline.

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Josie Barnhart previously taught at a middle school in Texas.

Josie Barnhart is currently a member of the New Hanover County Board of Education. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term. She is vice chair of the New Hanover County Board of Education.

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Josie is currently a member of the New Hanover County Board of Education. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term. 

Believes in reviewing funding allocations to ensure money is directed to classrooms and student resources, prioritizing academic growth and appropriate staffing.

- Believes in reviewing funding allocations to ensure money is directed to classrooms and student resources, prioritizing academic growth and appropriate staffing.

School Facilities & Resources

For Candidate Josie Barnhart on Issue education-access:  
Supports parental rights and involvement in the school system, advocating for transparency in curriculum access and allowing parents to make medical decisions for their children.

Supports parental rights, including access to curriculum access, allowing parents to make medical decisions for their children, and requiring schools share information about their children.

- Supports parental rights, including access to curriculum access, allowing parents to make medical decisions for their children, and requiring schools share information about their children.

Access to Education

Supports readdressing funding to improve salaries for support staff and believes appropriate staffing is essential for student support.

For Candidate Josie Barnhart on Issue teachers: Advocates for restoring communication and respect while prioritizing academic performance and closing the learning gap between students.

Advocates for restoring communication and respect while prioritizing academic performance and closing the learning gap between students.

- Supports readdressing funding to improve salaries for support staff and believes appropriate staffing is essential for student support.
- Advocates for restoring communication and respect while prioritizing academic performance and closing the learning gap between students.

Teachers

For Candidate Josie Barnhart on Issue school-curriculum: Believes current concerns of bias in teaching and curriculum are not being addressed and that parents should have the ability to identify when the school system oversteps boundaries.

Believes concerns of bias in teaching and curriculum are not being addressed and that parents should have the ability to identify when the school system oversteps boundaries.

- Believes concerns of bias in teaching and curriculum are not being addressed and that parents should have the ability to identify when the school system oversteps boundaries.

School Curriculum

For Candidate Josie Barnhart on Issue student-wellbeing: Supports having mentors and adult volunteers in addition to school resource officers to help keep schools safe.

Supports having mentors and adult volunteers in addition to school resource officers to help keep schools safe.

For Candidate Josie Barnhart on Issue student-wellbeing: Supports increasing School Resource Officers, implementing less tolerance for violent offenses, and establishing targeted mentorship programs for at-risk students.

Supports increasing School Resource Officers, implementing less tolerance for violent offenses, and establishing targeted mentorship programs for at-risk students.

- Supports having mentors and adult volunteers in addition to school resource officers to help keep schools safe.
- Supports increasing School Resource Officers, implementing less tolerance for violent offenses, and establishing targeted mentorship programs for at-risk students.

Student Wellbeing

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Josie previously taught at a middle school in Texas.

Josie Barnhart is currently a member of the New Hanover County Board of Education. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term. 

- 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. 