Well, this Sunday-Tuesday was the NC Alliance for Public Charter Schools' 2nd annual Conference. This year, the event was held at the Marriott hotel in Raleigh. Among the vendors in the huge event (double the size of last year's conference) were Staples, CollegeBoard, Pearson Publishing, RDS Industrial Furnishings, and the Greensboro-based construction company Samet Corporation. Our biggest sponsor for the event was Acadia Norstar. Paul Norcross, Chairman of the Alliance, and former state senator Eddie Goodall were among the hosts of the event, which serves as the celebration of the passing of Senate Bill 8. The bill eliminates the limit of charter schools that are allowed to open in the state.
I was pleased to have lunch with a couple of guests who were generous enough to come to the Conference. A few examples include Richard Vinroot and Pat McCrory (two former mayors of Charlotte and gubernatorial candidates) and Laura Foxx (the mother of the current mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx). I was also pleased to meet the State superintendent June Atkinson. With the huge number of vendors and spectators, our number of people who support the charter school system is growing, and we can only hope it will continue to grow like this.
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