My family has always been a big supporter of public education.
When my dad served on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education in the early 1970s, he stood for the right for all Charlotteans to have the opportunity to get a quality education. He walked his talk by putting me and my brother and sisters on a public school bus each morning.
My mom, who served as Charlotte’s first female planning commission chair, also believed in the power that education can create. She was a “first-gen” college grad. She tells the story of when she walked into the bank for a college loan, the bank President commented that she was “too pretty” to go to college. He told her that she should stay in Jackson AL and marry a nice boy!
Last week, I watched as my parents, Peggy and Bob Culbertson, committed $1 million to Central Piedmont Community College for scholarships. The college will use the gift to assist students in the new 49erNext program.
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