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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 17, 2025
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Proclamation Honoring Jason Johnson as the 2025 Wells Fargo North Carolina
Principal of the Year
DEPARTMENT: Board of County
Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Jamezetta Bedford, Chair, Board of
County Commissioners, 919-245-
2130
PURPOSE: To approve a proclamation honoring Jason Johnson as the 2025 Wells Fargo North
Carolina Principal of the Year.
BACKGROUND: Principal Jason Johnson of Orange High School was named the 2025 Wells
Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year. Principal Johnson was also named the Orange County
Schools Principal of the Year in 2010 and 2024. North Carolina has recognized outstanding
principals through its Principal of the Year program since the 1980s, helping promote the
profession through advocacy and support while recognizing principals who are implementing best
practices in schools across North Carolina. Johnson will spend the 2025-26 school year traveling
the state as an ambassador for the profession. The NC Principal of the Year serves in an advisory
capacity to the North Carolina State Board of Education for a two-year term and also serves on
the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Public School Forum.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact applicable to consideration of the attached
proclamation.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 5: PUBLIC EDUCATION/LEARNING COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 1. Foster collaborative relationships with formal and informal educational
organizations and agencies to provide opportunities for community members to meet,
connect, and learn together.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation
and authorize the Chair to sign.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION HONORING JASON JOHNSON
AS THE 2025 WELLS FARGO
NORTH CAROLINA PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS, Orange High School Principal Jason Johnson has generously contributed
and worked tirelessly in public education for 28 years; and
WHEREAS, Principal Johnson served as a teacher, school transformation coach,
assistant principal, and executive director of Orange County Schools before returning to
his calling as a principal; and
WHEREAS, working with students, teachers, and families is at the heart of who Principal
Johnson is as an educational leader; and
WHEREAS, as principal, Jason Johnson is an advocate for equity in schools and
ensuring that student voices are heard; and
WHEREAS, under his leadership, Orange High School exceeded academic growth in
2024 and rose from a C to a B school as rated by the North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction; and
WHEREAS, Principal Johnson was previously the 2010 and 2024 Orange County
Schools Principal of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson has also lent his expertise and experience to the Orange
County Schools Equity Task Force, the Orange County Government School Bond
Education Committee, the Orange County Business Advisory Council, and the North
Carolina State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, Principal Johnson leads by listening to teachers, students, staff members,
and members of the community, and fosters a collaborative culture at Orange High
School;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby honor
Principal Jason Johnson as the 2025 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year
and encourage the residents of Orange County to join with us in expressing gratitude for
his dedicated service to education.
This the 17' day of June, 2025.
Jamezetta Bedford, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners