North Carolina educators plan May Day march on Raleigh for public school funding

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 724

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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Medora Burke-Scoll drove an hour from Mebane to Raleigh early Thursday morning to join other educators urging state lawmakers to repeal the scheduled elimination of the North Carolina corporate income tax.

Burke-Scoll, a science teacher at Eastern High School and president of the Alamance-Burlington Association of Educators, said her school district simply cannot afford to lose more funding.

Of the 38 schools in the Alamance-Burlington school district, only nine met academic growth expectations last year.

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