Alamance County native Katharine Frazier announces today her intention to seek election to the Alamance-Burlington school board that will be up for grabs in the November 2026 general election.
Frazier will face five other candidates, including three incumbent school board members, who have filed for three available seats in the nonpartisan school board race for 2026.
The filing period for the 2026 races opened on Monday, December 1 and closes at 12:00 Noon tomorrow, December 19.
Frazier says that her desire to serve is motivated by her “passion for what’s possible in public education.”
An Alamance County native, Frazier graduated from Graham High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Theater from Elon University to pursue a career in stage lighting design and technology.
She returned to Alamance County after several successful years of working in the theater industry in New York City. She later worked many years for a small business, SkySouth Aviation. Frazier’s interest in finance and accounting prompted her to pursue a Master’s of Business Administration at Elon University and to become a Certified Management Accountant.
Frazier began working in 2018 for Impact Fulfillment Services, which was acquired by the trucking and logistics company Ryder System in 2023, where she built a financial planning and analysis team to promote financial understanding and [forecasting] throughout the system. She currently leads the finance team that supports the contract packaging and manufacturing business unit.
A wife and mother of a 10-year-old son, Frazier has been an active member of the Chancel Choir at First Presbyterian Church for nearly 20 years. She also serves on the board of Centerpoint Classical Academy, a charter school scheduled to open in southeast Guilford County in 2026. Frazier has also volunteered as a Reading Buddy at Andrews Elementary School.
Though she traces her belief in the power of education back to high school, Frazier says that, once her son started school, she began educating herself about the tremendous potential of high-quality, knowledge-building curriculum, and other ideas such as the “Science of Learning” being implemented in K-12 education.
“Evidence is mounting, showing that these methods are highly engaging for kids of all backgrounds and prepare them well for the rigor of the upper grades, and notably, have the potential to narrow the socioeconomic achievement gap,” Frazier says. “Typically applied at the school-level, whole districts and even whole states are adopting policies that support the implementation of knowledge-building methods in elementary schools.”
“These specific tactics may or may not be the exact right fit for ABSS, but they show that ‘miracles are possible’ with the right combination of action-oriented strategy, policy, and accountability,” Frazier adds.
If elected, Frazier hopes to support a “district-level strategy that doesn’t just say we will raise test scores but shows how we will achieve our goals and how we will support our teachers along the way,” with a belief that “Alamance County can be number one in the state.”
Frazier lives at 525 Circle Drive in Burlington, according to official public records.
Terms on the nonpartisan school board are four years.
