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Board of Education, Brunswick County Schools · District 05
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Steve GaineyCourtesy of the candidate (Port City Daily)

Steve Gainey

Candidate for Board of Education, Brunswick County Schools, District 05

RepublicanIncumbent

Background

Occupation
Chairman, Brunswick County Board of Education

Brunswick County Board of Education member since 2022 and its chairman; he serves on the board of directors of the N.C. School Boards Association. He previously worked as a Brunswick County tax appraiser and land records manager.

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Photo: Courtesy of the candidate (Port City Daily)

Documented positions

Education

  • Led policy changes including a middle-school cellphone ban

    Steve Gainey 2026 candidate questionnaire

    Candidate questionnaire · Port City Daily (WECT / Port City Daily / WHQR / The Seahawk questionnaire) · portcitydaily.com

    “including significant ones related to our curriculum development process, middle-school bell-to bell cellphone ban and religious freedom of expression”
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  • Supports standardized curricula to lift low-performing schools

    Steve Gainey 2026 candidate questionnaire

    Candidate questionnaire · Port City Daily (WECT / Port City Daily / WHQR / The Seahawk questionnaire) · portcitydaily.com

    “Implementing standardized curricula across all state-tested subjects and developing a district-wide, common instructional framework have been central to BCS lifting all schools”
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  • Supports more funding for exceptional children's programs

    Steve Gainey 2026 candidate questionnaire

    Candidate questionnaire · Port City Daily (WECT / Port City Daily / WHQR / The Seahawk questionnaire) · portcitydaily.com

    “But there is one area where all schools across the state are underfunded: Exceptional Children’s programs.”
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Housing

  • Introduced setting aside school land for teacher housing

    Steve Gainey 2026 candidate questionnaire

    Candidate questionnaire · Port City Daily (WECT / Port City Daily / WHQR / The Seahawk questionnaire) · portcitydaily.com

    “The decision to set aside the acreage was a unanimous decision by the current board that I introduced for consideration.”
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