Charles Parker
Nonpartisan · NC · Member, Alamance-Burlington Board of Education
Charles Parker is a member of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education, elected at-large in 2022 and sworn in that December; he is seeking a second term in November 2026. He is a researcher and director of the Nanomaterials and Thin Films Lab at Duke University, a product of North Carolina public schools through his Ph.D., and a father of three who has had children in the Alamance-Burlington School System since 2010.
Track record
Government Efficiency
· 2 records
The district ended the 2024-25 fiscal year in the black with $3.7 million in unassigned fund balance and a clean audit opinion, recovering during his tenure from the mold-and-deficit crisis years.
November 6, 2025For
Source: alamancenews.com · researched July 3, 2026
The district's 2023-24 audit, covering his board tenure, found an actual deficit of $1.6 million and repeated violations of state law and district policy in the handling of mold-remediation contracts, echoing a state legislative committee's earlier findings.
January 16, 2025Against
Source: alamancenews.com · researched July 3, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Served on the board when the Alamance-Burlington School System joined nationwide litigation against major social media companies over harms to students' mental health.
March 12, 2024For
Source: abss.k12.nc.us · researched July 3, 2026
General
· 1 record
Made the motion and voted with the 4-2 board majority to appoint Eric Hall to fill the unexpired school-board term of Chuck Marsh, who resigned in February 2025.
April 28, 2025
Source: alamancenews.com · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- Alamance-Burlington Board of Education · November 3, 2026 · Alamance-Burlington Schools, North Carolina · incumbent
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.