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Vicky Bell
District 4
Vicky Bell was elected to the OCPS Board in August 2008. She is from North Dakota and graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Education and a minor in art in 1972. Moving to teach in Florida, she has kept her Florida teacher certification in grades 1-6 active since 1972. She taught for six years in Palm Beach County. In 2006 she received her Master’s in English Literature and is presently teaching at Valencia CC.
Vicky has four grown children who graduated with honors from OCPS high schools in the top 10 percent of their classes. All four went on to get college degrees. Amber graduated from UCF with a Computer Science degree, Cara graduated from BYU in Electrical Engineering, Debbie graduated from UCF with a degree in Business Management, and Brian is presently in college.
Community activities include: five years as SAC chairman (two in elementary and three at WOHS), two years as Broward Co. RTL president with 2000 members, ten years on CFRTL board and president with 1000 members, two years on local AMIAQ board, fifteen years as a home school evaluator, and ten years on the executive board of OCREC. In addition, she has been active in her church as a teacher, activities director, employment director, and a choir member.
In her first year and a half on the board, she made the motion to reverse the “flip,” and then chaired a transportation task force which she had asked for in order to find more savings in transportation. With findings from the Transportation Task Force and her own delving into issues, a comprehensive outside audit was called for to look at the whole transportation department operation. The audit found areas where millions of dollars could be saved. Ms. Bell also introduced an eyesight initiative to increase vision screening and vision correction in all our public schools K-12. This process and program was unanimously supported by the board. To see more on the vision program, go to our vision web page (here) or search for “See You In School.”
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Elementary |
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Bay Meadows, Dr. Phillips, Frangus, Hunters Creek, Keene’s Crossing, Lake Whitney, Metrowest, Oak Hill, Orlo Vista, Palm Lake, Sand Lake, Sunset Park, Thornebrooke, West Creek, West Oaks, Westbrooke, Whispering Oak, Windermere and Windy Ridge (K-8) |
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Middle |
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Bridgewater, Chain of Lakes, Gotha, Hunters Creek and Southwest |
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High |
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Dr. Phillips, Olympia and West Orange |
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Other Schools |
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ACE Center Dr. Phillips, ACE Center West Orange, First Step III, Home Builders Institute, Magnolia, Orange Halfway House and Universal Education Center |
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