Dr. Rodney Trice returned to the district in July 2021 as its Chief Equity & Engagement Officer.  Trice returns to CHCCS after working in Wake County Public Schools for seven years as its assistant superintendent of equty affairs.  Before leaving the district, Trice served as the executive director of curricurriculum, instruction and technology and then later as associate superintendent for student and social services and equity oversight.  He previously served in CHCCS for eight years.  Trice has also worked as a policy advisor for NC Department of Public Instruction, an associate principal in Orange County Schools and a director and teacher in Detroit.  Trice holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, a master's degree in Educational Administration from the University of Detroit at Mercy, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.