Elected officials serve as "Educators for a Day" to honor American Education Week

N.C. Rep. Christy Clark

To honor American Education Week as "Educators for a Day," seven elected officials serving Charlotte and Mecklenburg County worked with CMAE members in their schools on Thursday. CMAE Vice President Margueritta Brown consulted with CMAE Association Representatives in several schools to coordinate the officials' visits.

"Educators for a Day" included the following:

CMS Board of Education member Thelma Byers-Bailey worked with CMAE Association Representative Rodrin Spell at Westerly Hills Elementary School.

N.C. Rep. Christy Clark worked with CMAE Association Representative Wanda Butler at Torrence Creek Elementary School.

N.C. Rep. Wesley Harris worked with CMAE Association Representative Sherlene Sharpless at Ballantyne Elementary School.

N.C. Rep. Brandon Lofton worked with CMAE Association Representative Erinn Hayes at Olde Providence Elementary School.

N.C. Rep. Nasif Majeed worked with CMAE Association Representative Arnetha Perkins at Briarwood Elementary School.

N.C. Rep. Nasif Majeed with cafeteria manager Veronica Bailey

N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus worked with CMAE Association Representative Dr. Alfreda Reynolds at Wilson STEM Academy.

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Susan Rodriguez McDowell worked with CMAE Association Representative Lula Brown and CMAE member Rita Josiah Gray at Crown Point Elementary School.

Vice President Brown explained that officials participated in a variety of activities during their visits to the schools. Their activities included assisting as reading/math teachers to small groups in several classes; working as instructional assistants; assisting in the school office; checking out students' books in the media center; and assisting with cafeteria workers in serving lunch.

For example, Rep. Clark read a children's book, "Grace Goes to Washington", to three groups of third graders, totaling seven classes during the day. At the end of her visit, Rep. Clark presented the book to Torrence Creek Elementary School Librarian Donna Thompson.

Rep. Clark presents "Grace Goes to Washington" to librarian Donna Thompson.