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Retired Collier educator Kathy Ryan has filed initial papers to run for the Collier County School Board in District 3.
The November 2018 election will be the fourth time Ryan, 76, has run for the District 3 seat on the Collier County School Board. Ryan vied for the seat in 2006, when she lost to former board member Steven Donovan, and in 2010, when she lost to former board member Barbara Berry.
She ran most recently in 2014, when she lost to current member and board Vice Chairwoman Erika Donalds.
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Ryan, a North Naples resident, said she is running for the school board again because she has a deep interest in the position and believes she is qualified for the job.
"I want to bring my knowledge, my experience, my dedication to public education to be on the board and to help make the right decisions," Ryan said.
Ryan worked for the Collier County School District for 30 years as a teacher, counselor and administrator. She spent 28 of her 30 years in the school district at Immokalee Middle and High Schools. She served as a summer school administrator during her last two years in the district.
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Ryan volunteers in Collier County schools as a judge for scholar bowl, mock trial and debate. She also recently served on district textbook committees.
"Ever since I retired, I’ve been volunteering with the schools," Ryan said. "I’ve been very much in touch with what’s going on."
The School Board seat is nonpartisan and elected on a countywide basis. Board members must live in their district.
The District 3 seat, held by Donalds, covers 10 schools in the Collier County School District: Calusa Park Elementary, Golden Gate Elementary, Golden Gate Middle, Golden Gate High School, Golden Terrace Elementary, Gulf Coast High School, Laurel Oak Elementary, Mike Davis Elementary, Oakridge Middle and Vineyards Elementary.
Ryan said Collier County is a great school system and that she wants to work to keep it that way, but she did not comment on specific issues because, she said, she does not know what is going to happen at the time of the election next November.
"Without being able to project what might be issues in the future, my objective is to be there to help keep Collier County Public Schools on the path to being great," Ryan said.
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