James King

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – Republican James King, who comes from a family that has been involved in education and public service for generations, is running for the White County Board of Education in District 4.

“My family has a long history of service in White County,” King said in announcing his campaign. “I’m proud to be related to people like Roy Satterfield who served as probate judge for more than 20 years. My grandmother taught school for 25 years and my mother has been teaching for 30 so I understand the challenges of our teachers and the needs of our schools,” he said.

King is a certified teacher himself who also understands how to interpret state standards and the everyday challenges associated with classroom management and how they are constantly evolving.

A graduate of Truett McConnell University, King has a passion for teaching young people and he plans to earn a Master’s Degree in Education. He has been involved in many community service projects, including the White County Historical Society.

King was a substitute teacher in the White County school system until he discovered the existence of a clandestine group of educators led by Superintendent Dr. Laura Burkett operating covertly within the school system about two years ago. Once he exposed the group known as “Warriors for Social Justice” to public scrutiny, he found his services were no longer needed.

He spent the next year informing the public about a school system that he says is teaching critical race theory (CRT), a racist, anti-American academic theory that claims America is systemically racist and must be dismantled.

He has conducted extensive research and published his findings on line. But his effort to keep the public informed has had a personal cost. School Board member John Solomon once threatened King verbally and physically and a lawyer threatened to destroy him financially if he did not stop his effort.

“Over the last year, it’s been apparent the Board has not been completely honest with the public on a number of issues,” he said. “Not just the small group of teachers that try to push CRT into the schools, but things like the artificial turf. The Board came back many, many times with different evaluations of what that would cost.”

King said he is tired of watching people come before the Board to express concerns only to be ignored by the Board. “I want to be a voice for the people. First and foremost, they need a Board member who will sit down with them. They need to have a voice. They have a right to voice their concerns. They pay taxes and have a vested interest in our schools.”

King said he will also tackle the issue of books and material in public school libraries that contain obscene and pornographic data. “Those books have no place in school libraries,” he said. There are two bills being debated in the Georgia General Assembly that address CRT and obscenity in public school libraries.

“I have a good working relationship with our state delegation,” King said. “I’d like to think I had a helping hand in getting those bills passed along to protect our state from what is an intentionally divisive, un-American concept.”