Chairwoman

Becky Sagan
District 5
600 Clearwater Court
Lexington, KY 40515
(859) 271-3137

(Term expires 12/2012)

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Bio highlights

• School board service: elected in 2004 and 2008; represents District 5; board chairwoman since August 2008, when Larry Conner left Lexington;
• Experience: terms as president of the 16th District PTA, board member of the state PTA, member of a School‐Based Decision Making Council, a Girl Scout leader;
• Education: bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, respectively;
• Occupation: former special education teacher;
• Family: husband, Ken; three daughters.

Vice chairman

John Price
District 3
792 Andover Village Drive,
Lexington KY 40509
(859) 263-2460

(859) 263-1944 office

(Term expires 12/2012)

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Bio highlights

• School board service: appointed in 2003, elected in 2004 and 2008; represents District 3; vice chairman;
• 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 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 with one daughter.

Member

Amanda Ferguson
District 4
317 Cochran Rd.
Lexington, KY 40502
(859) 269-3421

Term expires 12/2010)

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Bio highlights

• School board service: elected in 2006; represents District 4;
• 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.

Member

Melissa Bacon
District 1
2532 Sungale Court,
Lexington KY 40513
(859) 223-7764

(Term expires 12/2012)

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Bio highlights

• School board service: appointed in 2006, elected in 2007 and 2008; represents District 1;
• 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.

Member

Kirk Tinsley
District 2
1955 Greenleaf Drive
Lexington KY 40505
(859) 299-1620

(Term expires 12/2010)

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Bio highlights

• School board service: appointed in 2008; represents District 2;
• Experience: graduate of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence’s Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, volunteer at Deep Springs Elementary and Bryan Station Middle School, member of the School‐Based Decision Making Council at Bryan Station Middle School;
• Education: high school graduate in Caldwell County (Princeton, Ky.);
• Occupation: quality control inspector at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown;
• Family: wife, Connie; one daughter.

Superintendent

Stu Silberman
Superintendent and
secretary to the board
(859) 381-4104

Read more about Stu Silberman's background, philosophy and achievements on the superintendent's Web page.