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Buford James "B.J." Walker III earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Auburn University.

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B.J. currently serves on the Peach County Board of Education and has held a leadership role as board chair. 

B.J. currently serves as Executive Director of the Development Authority of Peach County. His prior experience includes work in real estate development for Peachtree Five Capital LLC, landscape design at Southern Pines Plantations, and as a superintendent at The Brickman Group.

As of July 23, 2026, Buford James Walker III did not have a website or any information online.

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Shakia McCrary attended Georgia Southern University.

Shakia's campaign for member of the Peach County Board of Education is her first run for public office.

Shakia works as the Peach County parent fellow for GeorigaCAN, an educational advocacy nonprofit.

Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

- Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

Supports a "comprehensive, multi-year effort to modernize and strengthen our curriculum, ensuring our classrooms reflect proven research, innovation, and the real-world experiences of today’s students."

- Supports a "comprehensive, multi-year effort to modernize and strengthen our curriculum, ensuring our classrooms reflect proven research, innovation, and the real-world experiences of today’s students."

Supports "[e]nsuring Peach County is prepared to fully utilize state resources available to our district."

Believes budgets should be put "into classrooms and student success."

- Supports "[e]nsuring Peach County is prepared to fully utilize state resources available to our district."
- Believes budgets should be put "into classrooms and student success."

Said, "[o]ur schools shouldn’t run on tradition alone—they should run on what works best for students today."

- Said, "[o]ur schools shouldn’t run on tradition alone—they should run on what works best for students today."

Believes teachers should receive "modern training and proven instructional approaches."

Supports "partnerships with parents and teachers, expanding the role of Parent-Teacher Coordinators."

- Believes teachers should receive "modern training and proven instructional approaches."
- Supports "partnerships with parents and teachers, expanding the role of Parent-Teacher Coordinators."

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- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

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