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| phightower@escambia.k12.fl.us Office 850-469-6265 Home 850-477-3044 Fax 850-469-6273 |
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| MA from the University of Alabama BA from the University of Alabama |
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| Mrs. Hightower was first elected to the Escambia County School Board as the representative from District 4 in 2004. She was re-elected in 2008. Mrs. Hightower is one of one-hundred certified board members in the state as a result of specialized training that she received from the Florida School Boards Association. Mrs. Hightower holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education from the University of Alabama. Mrs. Hightower has taught in the states of Alabama, Texas and Georgia. Mrs. Hightower is married to Jim Hightower, a professor and coordinator of Paralegal Studies at Pensacola State College, for forty years and has two sons, Andy and Patrick, who were educated in the public schools of Escambia County. |
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| Past Director of Take Stock in Children Past Director of Panhandle Center for Educational Enhancement |
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| Certified School Board Member School Board representative to Escambia County Planning Board Presently serving as Vice President of the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) Serves as chair of the FSBA By-laws committee Serves as vice chair of the Florida School Labor Relations Board Serves as the Legislative Liaison to the FSBA legislative committee Served on the FSBA, Florida League of Cities, and Florida Association of Counties Task Force on the Oil Spill Serves on the FSBA Buy Board Selected to serve as one of the 100 District Leaders for Civic Learning Commission FSBA Task Force on Intergovernmental and Business Relations FSBA Ad Hoc Committee on Florida’s Commitment to Education Selected to serve as one of the 100 District Leaders for Civic Learning Commission |
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| Member of Trinity Presbyterian Church Member of Five Flags Rotary Member of Leadership Council for Take Stock in Children Member of the Board of Directors of First Books Pensacola Mentor for Take Stock in Children Member of various local PTAs/PTSAs Member of the Florida PTA Task Force on Common Core Standards State Initiative Member of the League of Women Voters Member of the Florida PTA Resolutions Committee Member of IMPACT 100 Reader for ECARE (every Child a Reader in Escambia County) |
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