📚 The 2026 #Tools4Schools Community Supply Drive kicks off July 7! Help WakeEd stock its free classroom supply store for Wake County teachers by donating supplies, hosting a drive, making a gift or volunteering. NEW: The Tools4Schools Challenge! Learn more: wakeed.org/2026/06/17/wakeed… #WakeEd #SupportTeachers

Thank you, @CherryBekaert! More than 250 interns and company leaders participating in the firm's Intern Academy in Raleigh assembled hundreds of backpacks and hygiene kits that will be distributed through our Tools4Schools free teacher store. We appreciate your continued partnership and support of local educators! 🎒💙 #WakeEdPartners #Tools4Schools

We're proud to announce the 2026 #StarsOfEducation honorees! 🏆 Gary Greene – Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award 🌟 WCPSS Hall of Fame: 🎨 Ragen Carlile 🏀 Lawrence Dunn 💼 Ralph Ashworth 🤝 Ethan Clark 📚 Drew Cook Learn more about the honorees and sponsorship opportunities for this year's gala: WakeEd.org/Stars #WakeEd #WCPSS #WakeEdStars

Become a Public School Champion! 📚✏️ Hosting a #Tools4Schools supply drive is easy: ✅ Register ✅ Collect donations ✅ Drop off supplies Businesses, churches, civic groups, neighborhoods & families can all help Wake County teachers start the school year strong. Learn more: wakeed.org/supply-drive/ #WakeEd #SupportTeachers

We're proud to welcome seven new members to the WakeEd Partnership Board of Directors: Patti Bartis (@ParkerPoe), Ashley Lewis Ingram (@JLL ), Keir Jenkins (@JohnDeere), Jodi Lewis (@CherryBekaert), Pierre Marcella (@WingSwept), Terry Parker (@BankofAmerica), and Daniel Talley (@TowneBanking). We're also pleased to announce the re-election of Braxton Anthony as Board Chair and Shannon McSwiney as Chair-Elect. #WakeEd #PublicEducation #WCPSS

Proud to announce that WakeEd Partnership has awarded $350,000 in scholarships to 28 student-athletes from @apexhsathletics Apex High School and @GHHSathletics Green Hope High School in @WCPSS This marks the first year of our new four-year Pittard Scholarship commitment, helping students pursue their college dreams with confidence. News release here: wakeed.org/2026/06/03/wake-e… #WakeEd #Scholarships #StudentAthletes

We're cheering on the @Canes just like they cheer on @WCPSS students all year long. As the Canes compete in the Stanley Cup Finals, the entire WakeEd Partnership team is proud to root for our hometown team and celebrate the positive impact they make throughout our community. Good luck, Canes! Wake County is behind you. ❤️🖤🏒 #LetsGoCanes #StanleyCupFinals

Big congratulations to Matin Maani of Apex Friendship Middle School, named the 2025–26 @WCPSS Teacher of the Year! 🎉🍎 A social studies teacher helping students understand the world—and their place in it. Well deserved recognition for an outstanding educator! 💙 #WCPSS #TeacherOfTheYear

Huge thanks to Raleigh-based @BrandFuel , a Certified B Corp, for supporting #Tools4Schools! 💙📚 Business as a force for good in action. Their donation helps stock free supplies for Wake County teachers and classrooms across @WCPSS . 🍎 #WakeEdPartnership #BCorp #SupportTeachers #WCPSS

It started with a single book—and became 13,000. 📚 This year #PartnersRead served: 65 @WCPSS schools 650 students 325 volunteers 20 visits per child A year of literacy, mentorship & joy. 💙 Read more: wakeed.org/2026/05/18/13000-…

Big congratulations to Dr. @MariahAWalker of Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy on being named NC’s 2026 @WellsFargo Principal of the Year! 🎉 A well-deserved honor for an exceptional @WCPSS public school leader whose students have achieved a 100% graduation rate for 4 straight years. #WCPSS #PrincipalOfTheYear

Huge thanks to @GarneyConstruction for turning their Cary training day into a show of appreciation for @WCPSS teachers! 🍎💙 Their team assembled teacher survival bags filled with supplies, snacks, candy & coffee gift cards to encourage local educators during Teacher Appreciation season. ☕📚 #TeacherAppreciation #WCPSS

Thank you to @Coastal24 and the Coastal Credit Union Foundation for supporting WakeEd Partnership and our work for @WCPSS teachers & students! 💙 Strong public schools are strengthened by strong community partners—and we’re grateful for yours. #WCPSS #WakeEd #SupportTeachers

.@keithposton , president of WakeEd Partnership, described the proposed raise for teachers as "much deserved," but said more information is needed. "The late Gov. Jim Hunt used to always say, 'great start, more to do.' And that's how I think about this," Poston said. abc11.com/post/mixed-reactio…

Big thanks to @ArmaninoLLP’s Triangle team for spending their annual #GreatGiveDay volunteering at WakeEd’s #Tools4Schools—for the 2nd year in a row! 🙌 Sorting, stocking, organizing & helping behind the scenes so @WCPSS teachers can access the classroom supplies they need. Grateful for great partners who show up for public education. 💙 #WCPSS #WakeEd

WakeEd Partnership Statement on State Budget Framework: After nearly a year of uncertainty, WakeEd Partnership is encouraged to see North Carolina lawmakers finally reach agreement on a state budget framework. If the reported teacher pay increases hold in the final budget, that represents meaningful progress and welcome recognition of the critical role educators play in our state’s future. But while progress on compensation matters, the larger question is whether this budget makes the kind of sustained investment needed for North Carolina to truly compete for and retain excellent teachers while strengthening the public schools that educate the overwhelming majority of our children. Progress deserves recognition—but it should also be measured against the scale of the challenges still facing our schools. Keith Poston President, WakeEd Partnership #NCED #NCPOL

Need a meaningful volunteer project your team can do at your office? WakeEd’s #Tools4Schools offers turnkey kit-building opportunities: 🎒 Backpack kits 🪥 Hygiene kits 🩷 Flow kits These are high-demand items @WCPSS teachers regularly grab for students in need. We deliver. You pack. Students benefit. 📩 tools4schools@wakeed.org

NEW: The latest issue of In Context from WakeEd Partnership looks at NC’s ongoing state budget impasse and what it means for public schools, teacher pay, and local taxpayers. Bottom line: “The state isn’t saving money. It’s sending the bill somewhere else.” Read more: wakeed.org/2026/05/11/public… #nced #ncpol #WCPSS #PublicSchools

The @WakeEd Tools4Schools Supply Drive is coming 🎒 Now’s the time to: ✔️ Sign up ✔️ Download the toolkit ✔️ Plan your drive ✔️ Compete this summer 🏆 📅 Drive: July 7 – Aug 21 🐦 Early Bird in June 👉 wakeed.org/supply-drive #Tools4Schools #WCPSS #BackToSchool

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