Geneva Brown said Tuesday that she plans to file for re-election to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education, which means that all nine incumbents plan to run.
Last week, the other eight incumbents on the school board jointly announced that they plan to run.
"I had a lot of people to call me," Brown said. "I started thinking about all the issues and things we have to work through. I decided maybe I ought to stay for a while and see what help I can be."
A major issue facing the school board, she said, is the possibility of having to lay off teachers because of a tight budget.
"That's a biggie," Brown said.
She wants to do what she can to protect teachers, she said.
For the first time this fall, the school-board race will be nonpartisan, something that such organizations as CHANGE (Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment) and the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity worked to make happen.
"The hope is a lack of partisanship would bring a more diverse board," said the Rev. Carleton Eversley of the ministers conference. "Many of us are certainly not satisfied with the status quo."
Brown, 79, has been a member of the school board since 1992. A Democrat, she represents District I, which includes much of eastern Winston-Salem. The district was created in 1992 to ensure black representation. She and Walter Marshall, who is now a county commissioner, were elected at the same time. Before that, the only black to serve on the board was Beaufort Bailey, who also now a county commissioner.
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