Age: 49

Kids: A 22-year-old son who attends UNC Medical School, a 16-year-old son who attends East Chapel Hill High School and a 20-year-old daughter who lives in a group home for autistic children and attends school in Granville County

Profession: CPA with William H. Bunch, CPA, PA

Education: Master of Accounting from UNC, Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Virginia

Experience: School board chair since 2006, board member since 2003, former chair of the East Chapel Hill High, Phillips Middle School and Ephesus Elementary School Governance Committees

Endorsements: Independent Weekly, Hank Anderson Breakfast Club

Website: www.jamezetta.org

Why do you want to be elected to the school board?
I think our district is initiating real change via some key initiatives.

I’d like to continue to serve in order to see these implemented systemically. Professional Learning Communities provide a fundamentally different way for teachers to collaborate for learning (vs. teaching) and to assess student progress and intervene when learning did not occur or when a child already knows that lesson. I am excited about our new partnership with the FPG Child Development Institute and the new academies at each high school. I want to see the reworked Special Needs Advisory Committee soar to improve special education in our district.