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Karla Kelley for Pickens County School Board. 1,354 likes · 5 talking about this. Elected to Pickens County School Board District 6 (November 6, 2018)
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Nov 12, 2013 · In April 2009 -- long before the hashtag #fromwhereIstand was conceived on Instagram -- photographer Karla Kelley stood outside a theater in Hollywood waiting for her media credentials.
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Jan 7, 2019 · As far as Karla Kelley is concerned, parks and recreation was an appealing career move from the very start. Raised by a family of servant leaders, Kelley says, “My parents and grandparents were actively involved with their communities, and it was instilled in me early on the responsibilities I have to give back.”
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- Remembering The Beginning
An educational leadership Ph.D. is not the first advanced degree Bagley has earned — or even the second. It’s not even her first Clemson degree. But her most recent diploma is significant because it encapsulates every class she’s taken and every experience she’s had throughout a storied 50-year career in public education. South Carolina has nearly ...
Local school superintendents carry responsibilities for instruction, school operations and accountability; yet the communities that superintendents serve often do not know them well, if at all. Bagley explains this from her tidy home, just a few miles from campus in Clemson’s Patrick Square community. Her home, which she graciously opens to friends...
That same year that she stepped into the superintendent’s office for the first time, Bagley said “yes” to yet another new role: advocate. In 1993, Bamberg District 1 signed on to the Abbeville County School District v. State of South Carolina lawsuit. The families and districts involved in the case accused the state of inequitable funding for schoo...
In 2000, the Anderson School District 5 board selected Bagley to become their superintendent, and she brought her passion for students and her urgency for change by way of unique magnet schools, which still remain in District 5 today as a model for specialized programs across the state. An art school, a school of technology and a charter school are...
Nothing will ever replicate the fire and enthusiasm she experienced during her first superintendent’s appointment, Bagley says. She served in McCormick until a replacement could be found while also finishing up her degree. “Everything I’ve done, I’ve felt like it was preparing me for something else,” she says. In April 2023, she successfully defend...
Bagley’s passion for public education was ignited in a two-story brick schoolhouse located in the shadow of an all-male institution from which she would one day graduate. Twice. Her principal rang the school bell each morning to start the day. Until one morning, he allowed a student to assume the job. Life as Bagley knew it was changed. The feeling...
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Educator, innovator, risk-taker. Developing teachers to help them focus on accountability, choice and voice, and technology. Professional development specialist.
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