ESDB Advisory Council
Each ESDB school has its own advisory council that reports to the State Board of Education per SBE policy ADVS 007.
Each Advisory Council:
- Meets regularly to advise the State Board of Education regarding all aspects of school operations (day and boarding programs), including timelines, standards, and criteria, and other matters as designated by the State Board of Education
- Reviews and makes recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding development policies, personnel matters, student life and conduct, curriculum, finances, and other matters as designated by the State Board of Education
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) Advisory Council Members
Governor Morehead School for the Blind (GMS) Advisory Council Members
North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) Advisory Council Members
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) Advisory Council Members
Name | Role | Background |
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Robert Sidney Boyette Jr. | Individual from the county in which the school is locatedMember representing a local school district | Retired Assistant Director of the Div. of State Historic Sites, Archives and History, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources; Currently on the Wilson Board of Commissioners |
Gary W. Farmer, Vice-Chair | Member representing a local school district | Retired teacher, Dean of Students; Currently on the Wilson County School Board |
Vacant | Individual from special education | |
Ken Jones | Member-at-Large |
Former Chairman of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce. Former Chair of the Wilson Community College Board of Trustees; Past Director of Wilson Community College Foundation Board; Past Member of the Barton College Board of Trustees |
Hal Wayne Wright, Chair | Individual from the deaf community | Retired Teacher and Principal of ENCSD |
Governor Morehead School for the Blind (GMS) Advisory Council Members
Name | Role | Background |
Rachel Martinez, Chair | Member representing a local school district | Teacher of Visually Impaired: Spanish K-12 |
Traci Wilkerson | Individual from the county in which the school is located | Braillist, Equal Eyes Vision Services |
Donna Permar | Individual from special education | Staff Assistant for Medical Intensive Care Unit at Duke Medical Center |
Ed Summers | Individual from the blind community | Senior Manager, Accessibility and Applied Assistive Technology at SAS Institute, Inc. |
Annette Vinding | Member at large | Teacher of Visually Impaired: 35 years of service to students with visual impairments from birth to age 21 and their families. |
North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) Advisory Council Members
Name | Role | Background |
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Nellie P. Aspel, Ed.D | Member representing a local school district | Director of Exceptional Children, Cleveland County Schools |
Jim Burnett, Ed.D. | Individual from the county in which the school is located | Retired (7/31/14) President of Western Piedmont Community College where he served 7 years as VP and 8½ years as President; Celebrated WPCC 50th Anniversary in 2014 |
Georganne Crowe, B.S. | Individual from special education | Curator NCSD Historic Rusmisell Museum Society Retired NCSD Librarian, B.S. in Library Science, Gallaudet University NCSD Alumna Class of 1963 |
Barbara Palmento, Vice-Chair | Individual from the deaf community | Retired NCSD English Teacher; B.A. Gallaudet University; MA California State University; Past President, NCSD Foundation, Inc.; Alder Springs Living Community Foundation Board |
Alvin C. Proffit, Ed.D., Vice-Chair | Member at large | Appalachian State University Associate Professor in Education Administration; Former Superintendent of Schools in West Virginia and Virginia |
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