Public education in Hamilton County is paramount to our community’s future.
That’s actually an extreme understatement that often gets nods, but then short shrift.
And, yes, we have many education support groups: PTAs and teachers’ groups; PEF (Public Education Foundation) and regional groups like the MEF (Mountain Education Fund). We have so many education groups that identify themselves with acronyms that sometimes our news pages look like alphabet soup.
What we don’t have is any group to pull it all together.
“What’s missing is the community,” said Elizabeth Crews, the new executive director of the new organization UnifiEd.