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Board of Education, Dare County Schools

District 02

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Term
4 years
Candidates
1
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A board of education member helps set policy, the budget and the superintendent's direction for Dare County Schools.

Residency district: every voter in the school district votes for this seat (the district is where the member must live; State Board March 3, 2026 primary precinct results, other seats of the same board).

Ron Payne

RepublicanIncumbent

Educator

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  • Supports teacher housing to recruit and retain teachers
  • Supports less Chromebook use, more math and handwriting
  • Supports school prayer and an elective religion course
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  1. Supports teacher housing to recruit and retain teachers

    At GOP forum, Dare Ed Board candidates discuss issues from computers to religion in the schools

    News coverage · The Outer Banks Voice · Jan 26, 2026 · outerbanksvoice.com

    “We cannot recruit and retain the best and brightest teachers we can get if they don’t have a place to live.”

  2. Supports less Chromebook use, more math and handwriting

    At GOP forum, Dare Ed Board candidates discuss issues from computers to religion in the schools

    News coverage · The Outer Banks Voice · Jan 26, 2026 · outerbanksvoice.com

    “I agree with some of the other candidates that we rely on Chromebooks too much”

  3. Supports school prayer and an elective religion course

    At GOP forum, Dare Ed Board candidates discuss issues from computers to religion in the schools

    News coverage · The Outer Banks Voice · Jan 26, 2026 · outerbanksvoice.com

    “We need to have prayer in schools. I don’t see why we can’t teach a religion course as an elective”

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