School Board's Ogburn announces she will seek re-election
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Three Chopt District School Board member Micky Ogburn will seek re-election to the seat she has held for more than five years, she announced Sunday night.
Ogburn won a special election in 2014 to fill the final year of a four-year term that had been vacated in 2013 by former Three Chopt member Diana Winston, then won re-election in 2015 to serve her own four-year term. She has served as chair of the School Board twice during her tenure.
"I am excited about the future of Henrico County Public Schools," she said in a statement. "I am honored to serve the citizens of Henrico County and firmly believe I have more to contribute to our schools and community.
"Our students deserve every opportunity and it is our obligation to the Henrico community to create a pathway for student success in world-class schools that include innovative programs and learning spaces. We will take two very large steps towards these goals with the completion of Tuckahoe Middle School's renovation later this year and the construction of an all-new Tucker High School opening in 2021."
Ogburn cited the board's efforts to approve the Achievable Dream Academy at Highland Springs Elementary School (an innovative, year- round program designed to prepare students from all backgrounds for college and career paths) and the creation of the Gifted Young Scholars Academy at Wilder Middle School – Henrico's first middle school specialty center for advanced students – as examples of achievements she helped foster.
Prior to her election to the board, Ogburn spent more than two decades as a teacher at the preschool, second-, fifth- and sixth- grade levels in West Virginia and five Virginia localities, including Henrico. She also served as the president of the Windsor Place homeowners’ association for four years and has an extensive volunteer record with the Rotary Club of Short Pump, Henrico school PTAs, four local youth sports organizations and sports boosters clubs at three western Henrico schools.
She is the first School Board member to publicly announce plans for re-election.
