Welcome back to the Carolina Cabinet, Cumberland County's smartest hour of talk radio. Peter Pappas and Laura Mussler open the live show with two Cumberland County parents, Michelle Cazarez and Michel Santana, who pushed back when the district moved to end E.E. Miller Elementary's year-round calendar and Spanish immersion. They describe learning about the change from a February voicemail, why principals were left out of the loop, what a year-round calendar means for military families, and how parents organized. Miller is staying year-round for now, and they explain how to stay involved through the Cumberland County Save Our Schools group on Facebook.
Then: the next phase of the PFAS fight, including the county's $1.3 million engineering and source study; the Cabinet's race-by-race candidate outreach scorecard, covering who has appeared, who has booked, and who hasn't answered; and rapid fire on a tuberculosis case at 71st, new grants accepted by Fayetteville City Council, Mayor Mitch Colvin's appointment to the NC Board of Transportation, the court fight over White House press credentials, and J. Cole's night at the Crown Coliseum. Peter, who sits on the Civic Center Commission, discloses his seat before the Crown item.
Judge Toni King and Judge Rosalyn Hood follow in their own episodes. Find every candidate conversation at thecarolinacabinet.com.
00:00 Welcome to the Cabinet
05:35 E.E. Miller parents: the year-round and Spanish immersion fight
08:46 Principals left out of the loop
10:40 Being heard by the board
15:48 How the district communicated the change
18:12 Reaching 16 school board candidates
21:11 PFAS: the $1.3 million engineering study
24:15 The candidate outreach scorecard
27:44 Rapid fire
32:47 Coming up: Judge King and Judge Hood
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