Warden, and I am asking for your vote in November. My desire is to serve my community as an effective, informed, and pro-active Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County School Board member. I have lived in this community-this Harbor of Hospitality-my entire life. I attended public school here, graduating from Northeastern in 1974. I attended College of the Albemarle for two years after graduation, then co
ntinued my college education at East Carolina University. I graduated in 1978 with a BS degree in Secondary Education/English, and I landed my first teaching job at Columbia High School in Columbia, NC. From there, I continued my career in Currituck County at JP Knapp Junior High School where I taught 7th grade English for over 7 years. After having my son, Brock, I decided to transfer to a position at Northeastern High School, teaching English to freshmen and juniors. While at NHS and with much support from the system, I went back to ECU and attained a Masters of Library Science. I worked at NHS as a librarian until 1999/2000 when I was hired to be the Head Media Specialist at Pasquotank County High School. After 32 years, I made the decision to retire and have been retired for the last 5 years. As a retiree I am very active -I serve on the Advisory Board for the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union and for 4 years, I served as chairperson; I serve on the board of the Albemarle Area United Way, where I chaired the Day of Caring event for 2014; I am an active participant in the Chrome Pony Mustang Club, serving as secretary for 3 years ; I am a member of the Mustang Club of America( a national club for Mustang enthusiasts; and, I have run for the school board two times before, coming within 5 votes the first time and within 300 the second time.
