{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Amy Cole","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Amy Robin\u202fCole is a Democratic candidate for the Pitt County Board of Education District\u202f2 seat in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election. The district board position is a nonpartisan elected office that requires candidates to be registered voters residing in the district and to meet the basic qualifications for public office in North Carolina [1].\n\nCole previously ran for the same seat in 2022, appearing on the general\u2011election ballot alongside Julianna\u202fJaquith [1]. Although she did not win, the campaign gave her experience in local education politics.\n\nA lifelong resident of Pitt County, Cole is a mother of two boys who attend Pitt County public schools\u2014her youngest at H.B.\u202fSugg\u202fElementary and her oldest at Farmville\u202fMiddle School. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics and a master\u2019s degree in mathematics education from East Carolina University (ECU) [11]. Cole taught high school for five years, including a stint at J.H.\u202fRose\u202fHigh School, before moving to higher education as an instructor at Pitt Community College [11].\n\nCole says she is running to be an advocate for her children and other students, drawing on her combined perspectives as a public\u2011school parent, former K\u201112 teacher, and college instructor. She emphasizes understanding the \u201cdeciding factors that affect\u201d student outcomes and aims to bring that insight to board deliberations [11].\n\nHer campaign contact information includes the email amyrobincole@gmail.com, listed on her Ballotpedia profile [1]. No phone number is publicly provided in the available sources.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Amy Cole (Pitt County Schools school board District 2, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Amy_Cole_(Pitt_County_Schools_school_board_District_2,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))\n- [11] [Meet District 2 Candidate Amy Cole \u2013 Parents for Public Schools of Pitt County](https://ppspittcounty.org/newsletter/meet-district-2-candidate-amy-cole/)","firstname":"Amy","lastname":"Cole","middlename":"Robin","suffix":null,"token":"44edf3d5b8ef5f45"},"token":"IknDabGC_wD7sCEq"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"county_school_board","office":"county_school_board","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County School Board Member","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Pitt County Board Of Education District 02"}