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The Superintendent Who Put Students First: Mourning the Loss of Mark Byrd

Wilkes County Schools Superintendent Mark Byrd died unexpectedly on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Rupen Fofaria, the N.C. State Board of Education’s director of operations and policy, emailed the Board that evening: Mr. Byrd was a lifelong member of the Wilkes...

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