SMITHFIELD – Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) Superintendent Dr. Eric C. Bracy has been named the 2024-2025 Central Carolina RESA (CCRESA) Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Bracy was presented the award during a CCRESA Board of Directors meeting on May 10, 2024.
The CCRESA Superintendent of the Year award recognizes a superintendent who has demonstrated exemplary leadership, innovative thinking, and a deep commitment to serving students, educators, and the community. Dr. Bracy has exemplified these qualities throughout his tenure, leading JCPS to new heights of success and fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and academic achievement.
Since becoming superintendent of JCPS in 2020, Dr. Bracy has led the school district to substantial and universal academic growth. He understands the direct correlation between staff morale, relationships, workspace conditions, and academic success. These are constantly at the forefront of all initiatives he sets forth.
One of those initiatives was a lofty goal of having all schools achieve school letter grades of A, B, or C, which has led the school district to steady proficiency gains. During the 2022-2023 school year, four schools moved from a school letter grade of D to a C, and four additional schools moved from a school letter grade of C to a B. Just six low-performing schools remain, decreasing from 14 over the past two years. The school district experienced an impressive 2% increase in overall performance, which resulted in 35 schools improving their performance composite, and 29 schools exceeding growth.
“We congratulate Dr. Bracy on this wonderful recognition. His leadership has moved our school district forward in not only academic performance but in the utilization of financial resources,” stated JCPS Board of Education Chair Lyn Andrews. “The focus of his work has always been to provide the needed resources to teachers and staff members to enhance all educational opportunities for our students. He is committed to making Johnston County Public Schools the best in the state.”
For more than 20 years, Dr. Bracy has positively impacted many lives through education. Dr. Bracy’s dedication to fostering a positive and inclusive school culture is evident in his proactive approach to building strong relationships with students, parents, educators, and community stakeholders.
“The Johnston County Principals and Assistant Principal Association (JCPAPA) would like to congratulate Dr. Bacy on winning this prestigious award, and we thank him for the continued leadership offered towards our school district and families,” stated Dr. Ryan Ewell, JCPAPA Chair and principal of Cleveland Elementary.
His previous tenures as principal in Vance County Schools and Durham Public Schools are noted for the increased performance experienced with those schools. He incorporated the same progressive leadership style in his former superintendent roles in Northampton County Schools (five years) and Sampson County Schools (six years) and experienced significant success.
Dr. Bracy is now a candidate for the 2024-2025 North Carolina Superintendent of the Year, which will be selected later this fall.
(JCPS News Release)
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 “‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied.
“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
What are you on dude?
@Jo Co Watcher 1 – in JoCo it’s either meth or heroin.so take your pick. Definitely on something…
2 Corinthians 3:13-18
King James Version
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
When did Bible versus become a mockery to you @Leighlah or @JoCoWatcher1? Y’all need Jesus.
Religious nut jobs need to just die off… keep it in church…
An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.- proberbs
Plot twist: Jimmy thinks he’s righteous but he’s really abominable…
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. – 1 john
2 Thessalonians 2:11
King James Version
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie
“Lord have mercy on me, a sinner” – the publican
Mayyy-be J. D.
good very impressive !
IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!!
The victory laps over growth scores when NOT A SINGLE SCHOOL is performing at baseline proficiency (that is, where a majority of the students are proficient at grade level). The “goal” of having a C graded school is just a slap in the face to parents and taxpayers. I’d say “do better” but I’m not sure there is a of majority cognitive ability on the school board to achieve even that.
From JCPSS: https://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/o/dre/article/1234422
Parents, YOU are responsible for YOUR CHILD, not the State. That means YOU have to make up the difference where the schools are failing at home.
I guess the rise in drops as well as all the bus wrecks don’t count. Along with the 10 pages of openings this school system has had for 3 years.
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Joco loco
Not bad for a third choice