District 1 / vice chair

Melissa Bacon
2532 Sungale Court
Lexington KY 40513
(859) 223-7764

(Term expires at end of 2012)

Bio highlights

• School board service: appointed in 2006, elected in 2007 and 2008.
• Experience: PTA at Garden Springs Elementary and Beaumont Middle School, the School‐Based Decision Making Council at Garden Springs, the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, the Parents Partners in the Arts program, and the district’s Elementary Super Council.
• Education: studied English at the University of Kentucky.
• Occupation: full‐time mom.
• Family: husband, Chris; one daughter and one son.

District 2 

Doug Barnett
1881 Lost Trail Lane
Lexington KY 40511
(859) 948-2388

(Term expires at end of 2014)

Bio highlights

• School board service: elected in 2010.
• Experience:  PTA member at Sandersville Elementary.
• Education: bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Kentucky.
• Occupation: Senior staff attorney for the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
• Family: Wife, Jennifer; two sons.

District 3 / chairman

John Price
792 Andover Village Drive
Lexington KY 40509
(859) 263-2460
(859) 263-1944 office

(Term expires at end of 2012)

Bio highlights

• School board service: appointed in 2003, elected in 2004 and 2008.
• Experience: volunteered with the district’s Experience‐Based Career Education program, PTA at Julia R. Ewan Elementary, president of the 16th District PTA, terms on the School‐Based Decision Making councils at Ewan and at Bryan Station High School, PTA representative on the district’s Equity Council, member of the Safe Schools Task Force, trustee of the Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust.
• Education: bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky.
• Occupation: certified public accountant and president of Price, Stagner and Co.
• Family: widower; one daughter.

District 4

Amanda Ferguson
317 Cochran Rd.
Lexington KY 40502
(859) 559-1449

(Term expires at end of 2014)

Bio highlights

• School board service: elected in 2006 and 2010.
• Experience: PTA volunteer at Cassidy Elementary.
• Education: bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Kentucky and a master’s in psychology from Vanderbilt University.
• Occupation: full‐time mom.
• Family: husband, Todd; two daughters and one son.

District 5 

Daryl Love
988 Firethorn Place
Lexington KY 40515
(859) 229-5592

(Term expires at end of 2012)

Bio highlights

School board experience: Appointed in 2010.

Experience: PTA member at Veterans Park, Millcreek and Maxwell elementaries, Lexington Traditional Magnet School, Tates Creek Middle and Tates Creek High; served on School-Based Decision Making Council at Millcreek; former board member with the Governor’s School for the Arts advisory council and the Partnership for Successful Schools.

Education: bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Lane College; MBA from Midway College.

Occupation: manager of community relations for Ashland Inc.

Family: Wife, Rhonda; two sons.

Superintendent

Tom Shelton
Superintendent and
secretary to the board,
(859) 381-4104

Read more on the superintendent's Web page.