The Free Lance Star, Candidate Profile: Margie Lucas

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Margie Lucas has a bachelor's degree in music therapy from Eastern New Mexico University. She lives with her husband and five children in the Great Oaks neighborhood of Fredericksburg.

Margie Lucas is a director of account management. She works at Walk Global where she has been for three years. Previously she worked at BrightStar Care as a certified nursing assistant.

Margie Lucas previously ran for school board member of Fredericksburg in 2021 and did not win.

As of July 19, 2023, Margie Lucas’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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School and College Listings, Margie Lucas FCPS School Board Ward 1

Supports an expansion of class offerings for vocational and professional skills in high schools in the county .

Wants "long-term strategic plans that accommodate our growing student population."

- Supports an expansion of class offerings for vocational and professional skills in high schools in the county .
- Wants "long-term strategic plans that accommodate our growing student population."

School Curriculum

Supports longer term contracts with teachers to keep teacher retention rates higher.

Wants to reduce student-to-teacher ratios in classrooms.

Said "while there is increased funding for social workers for the students, supporting our teachers will reduce the turnover rate and improve the educational experience for everyone."

- Supports longer term contracts with teachers to keep teacher retention rates higher.
- Wants to reduce student-to-teacher ratios in classrooms.
- Said "while there is increased funding for social workers for the students, supporting our teachers will reduce the turnover rate and improve the educational experience for everyone."

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Margie Lucas

As of July 19, 2023, Margie Lucas’s website did not contain information on this issue and Margie Lucas did not complete our questionnaire.

- Supports an expansion of class offerings in high schools in the county that teach vocational and professional skills.
- Wants "long-term strategic plans that accommodate our growing student population."

- The school board runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the county government. 
- School board members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some school board members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- School board members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.