Greg Mills (North Carolina)
Greg Mills (Republican Party) is an at-large member of the Cabarrus County Schools school board in North Carolina. He assumed office on December 2, 2024. His current term ends in 2028.
Mills (Republican Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Cabarrus County Schools school board in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Mills completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Greg Mills was born in Heidelberg. His career experience includes working as a marketing director.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Cabarrus County Schools, North Carolina, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melanie Freeman (R) | 14.7 | 53,248 | |
| ✔ |  | Greg Mills (R)  | 14.0 | 50,544 |
| ✔ | Catherine Bonds Moore (R) | 13.6 | 49,137 | |
| ✔ |  | Rob Walter (R) | 13.6 | 49,053 |
 | Keshia Sandidge (D) | 11.4 | 41,224 | |
 | Mishell Williams (D) | 11.2 | 40,464 | |
 | Namu Kachroo (D) | 11.2 | 40,310 | |
 | Rob Cerulo (D) | 10.3 | 37,046 | |
| Total votes: 361,026 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Keshia Sandidge, Rob Cerulo, Namu Kachroo, and Mishell Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Mills | 21.5 | 13,448 |
| ✔ | Melanie Freeman | 19.7 | 12,346 | |
| ✔ | Catherine Bonds Moore | 19.0 | 11,910 | |
| ✔ | | Rob Walter | 18.2 | 11,405 |
| Bubba Hartsell | 11.2 | 6,985 | ||
| Amanda Wortman | 10.4 | 6,544 | ||
| Total votes: 62,638 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mills in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Greg Mills completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mills' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Your school board needs people from different backgrounds. You need people who are familiar with education, accounting, and construction. You also need creative thinkers. Someone who will question the way things have always been done. I’m the kind of person that will challenge the board to think differently.
I met my wife at Central Cabarrus. We have two daughters. Both graduated from Mount Pleasant High School. My youngest is currently enrolled at UNCC studying to be a teacher. My wife is a middle school teacher with 25 years of experience. Recently, I've been taking time off from work to serve as a substitute teacher.
It would be difficult to find a candidate who is more personally invested in the long-term success of Cabarrus County's schools. Our school's employees and resources are stretched thin. Political controversies have eroded the public's trust in the education system. We need a school board that sees the problems and will bring the community together to solve them.- First and foremost, we have to repair the relationship between parents and educators. Public schools were standing on the edge of catastrophe before the pandemic. Now, parents are aware that their kids are not getting the kind of education they expected. They want to know how we got here and if it can be repaired. To restore parent trust we have to be transparent about the issues, include them in the problem-solving process, and give them more opportunities to be directly involved in their children's education.
- There is a staffing crisis. Cabarrus County does not have enough licensed teachers to put one in every classroom full-time. We're asking our teachers to take on more work. We're leaning more heavily on teacher's assistants. And, we're turning to synchronous remote learning options for some of the most difficult-to-hire subject areas. We'll be more successful at attracting great teachers when we establish a regional reputation as the best culture for teachers to work in. I will ask district staff to "lighten the load" for teachers. If we can give teachers back more of their instructional time, they will be able to get better outcomes from our students.
- We have to be brave enough to address spending. The school district is asking county commissioners for one billion dollars to build new schools and improve existing ones. We would all like our children to walk into "world-class" buildings, but we have to give them the best that Cabarrus County taxpayers can afford. That means taking a hard look at the schools we've built recently to see if student performance is objectively better than similar student populations at older schools. If not, then we shouldn't use those as models for future construction without considering other cost-saving options.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 28, 2024
