School board hopefuls speak

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PHILLIP BATESAge: 67Town: WiseHome Phone: (276)328-1019Mobile Phone: (276) 393-5492Email: phillipbates@comcast.netEducational background: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health (ETSU), elementary teaching certification course work (CVC/UVAWISE), Masters of Arts in Instruction and Curriculum (Virginia Tech), principal certification (UVA)Employment history: Wise County Public Schools (teacher, 17 years; bus driver, 13 years; principal, 15 years); UVAWISE (adjunct lecturer in computer applications for teachers; approximately 10 years between 1980-1998); pastor (Appalachian Prayer Fellowship, 15 years, and Trinity Wise United Methodist Church, five years)Civic Involvement: Hospice board, Norton Community Hospital volunteer chaplainDo you have a relative/s who is/are employed by the Wise County School System? If so, in what capacity/ies? My brother Steve teaches at Wise Primary. Steven’s wife works in special education for Wise County. Travis Turner, a nephew (my wife’s brother’s son), teaches and coaches at Union High School.


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