Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Residence: Clayton, North Carolina
Husband: Ronald
Children: Rachelle Renee, UNC-Greensboro graduate; Ronald II: UNC-Chapel Hill graduate
Education: B.S., Home Economics Education, Virginia State University; additional Study: North Carolina State University, East Carolina State University, UNC-Greensboro, and the University of Maryland
Career: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 30 years, retired
Member: St. Ambrose Episcopal Church

A Petersburg, Virginia native, Dorothy G. Johnson has been a Johnston County resident for more than 40 years, and has filled those four decades with service to her community. Her constituents consider her a competent, compassionate, and astute advocate for quality education.

Her memberships include:
Johnston County Board of Education, 12 years, vice-chair for nine years
Johnston County Alumna Chapter Delta Sigma Theta sorority
Modernettes Civics Club, vice president
Johnston County Citizens' Association and Political Action Committee
Johnston County Education Foundation Board of Directors
Johnston County Community Schools Advisory Council, past president
School Health Advisory Council
Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library Board
North Carolina Black School Board Association
State and National School Board associations
Johnston County Arts Council
National Association of Federal Retirees
North Carolina Retired School Personnel
Johnston County 4-H Alumni Association
First Citizens Bank Board of Directors, Clayton branch
Episcopal Church Women

Mrs. Johnson has also facilitated a county Youth Mentoring Program, and she was instrumental in establishing a new media center and other renovations, including a new wing at Cooper Elementary School in Clayton. She also voted for the renovation and naming of the Wall-Ennis gym at the county's South Campus school. She also advocated securing an after-school building at First Missionary Baptist Church, Clayton, for tutoring and computer use.

She teaches  an etiquette class for the county's Junior Leadership Johnston program, and presents back-to-school workshops at local churches.

Mrs. Johnson is consistently visible throughout the county as a classroom visitor, program participant, and presenter.

At such a critical juncture in our economy, accessibility and transparency are important aspects of school boardsmanship. All the while, we must be totally committed to ensuring that our students are engaged in world-class experiences that develop 21st century skills, cater to their learning styles, and encourage and reward their desire to learn and know more.
As community stakeholders, we play an important role in the development of quality education, which serves to prepare our students for global interdependence. Our impact can be felt -- and it is especially needed now -- in many ways. We can assist in the acquisition of relevant resources, volunteer in our schools, support the implementation of high-level curriculum, and help recruit high caliber educators.

My work as an advocate for overall student achievement and individual success has been varied. I chair the Board's Policy committee, as it is my objective to contribute to the development of policies and procedures that promote student achievement, assure the maintenance of a safe environment, and invite productive and appropriate involvement in public education. I have voluntarily logged more than 500 hours of board training, consistently met the legislative mandate to complete ethics training, and lent my voice as a lobbyist for public school funds. I also co-chaired the Closing the Achievement Gap Taskforce, served as the Board representative to the Academically and Intellectually Gifted program's Study Committee, and I have traveled across North Carolina and the United States recruiting highly qualified teachers for our students. I also participated in the school district's International Study Tour of Mexican Culture. Incidentally, I have maintained a nearly perfect attendance record, missing only one meeting in my 12-year tenure due to hospitalization.

I invite you to join me as we move the Johnston County Schools to the next level of world-class education!