CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 5, 2012 –A United Methodist minister who is also a Pineville Elementary parent was tapped by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education to fill the District 6 vacancy.
Board members cited her passion and concern for all children in CMS as reasons they supported the Rev. Amelia Stinson-Wesley to fill the vacancy created by the November 2011 election of Tim Morgan to an at-large seat.
“I am committed to public education,” she said in her application. “I believe that our schools, particularly public ones, are where basic citizenship is fostered.”
Stinson-Wesley, a Pineville resident, founded World Connections for Women in 1998 and serves as its director. She holds a master of divinity from Duke University and a bachelor of arts degree from Meredith College.
Stinson-Wesley will be sworn in at the Jan. 10 Board of Education meeting.
