This week, President Obama visited North Carolina yet again touting the American Jobs Act. The same jobs act that has been recently denied. Obama visited West Wilkes High School is in Millers Creek, North Carolina — a small town located about 60 miles west of Winston-Salem. On Sunday, more than 1,000 residents lined up for tickets, which were distributed by local volunteers.
All over the country and right here in North Carolina folks are losing their jobs. Nearly 2,000 classroom positions have been eliminated this school year. And here at West Wilkes High I know some teachers weren’t rehired. You’ve had to increase class sizes and there’s almost no money for things like textbooks. This makes no sense. I can tell you the last thing a superintendent wants to do is to lose good teachers. Your governor has been fighting against education cuts as well. It’s unfair to our kids. It undermines our future.
If you weren’t there, you can watch the speech below, and you can read more about the visit here.
Did Governor Perdue join Obama to tout job creation in America? No… Governor Bev Perdue, N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco and other Commerce staff are currently in China to meet with various companies. Tuesday, the group attended the Innovation Reception, sponsored by Lenovo, in Beijing. The state budgeted $40,000 for the trip with another $60,000 coming from the commerce department’s nonprofit — the North Carolina Commerce Trade and Development Fund. Perdue will return to North Carolina on October 26. You can read more about the trip here.
The Vance County Schools’ Curriculum Committee meeting today has been cancelled.