Carolyn Bond Morrison was sworn into office as the newest member of the Wake County Board of Education on September 15.
Dr. Morrison was sworn into office by husband Fred Morrison with her son Jimmy Earp standing beside her. Also on the podium with Morrison were Wake County Sherriff Donnie Harrison and Avera Acai, who is one of the first graduates from the Peace College Education Department and a current teacher at Lacey Elementary. Acai held the Bible on which Morrison placed her hand for the oath.
Morrison fills the District 6 seat on the Board of Education left vacant when Beverley Clark resigned from the board.
Dr. Morrison recently retired after serving as the director of the Division of Education at Peace College. Prior to that, she was an associate professor in the School of Education at Campbell University and was chairperson for the State ABC Assistance Team for the NC Department of Public Instruction.
She had a long career in the Wake County Public School System serving as a principal at Lynn Road Elementary and Root Elementary, as a WCPSS Elementary Curriculum Consultant and as a teacher at Green Elementary.
She is a member of the Board of Visitors at Peace College, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from the state of NC, and served as an elder and deacon at her church, First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, NC.
She is married to Fred G. Morrison, Jr., the Senior Administrative Law Judge for the NC Office of Administrative Hearings.
Dr. Carolyn Morrison becomes the newest member of the Wake County Board of Education.