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Dr.
Pauline Hargrove graduated from Lutcher Stark High
School in Orange, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Elementary Education and the Education of the
Physically Handicapped from Lamar College of Technology.
Ms. Hargrove also has a Master of Education degree in
Supervision and Administration from McNeese State
University, a Mid-management Administrator’s Certificate
and a Certificate of Supervision from Stephen F. Austin
State University, and a Superintendent's Certificate and
a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Lamar State
University.
Hargrove's 35-year career in education includes various
teaching assignments in grades 1-8 at Mauriceville
School, Little Cypress Elementary School, and Little
Cypress Intermediate School. Ms. Hargrove was principal
of Mauriceville Elementary School and Little Cypress
Elementary School as well as LCM High School, prior to
being named Superintendent of LCM CISD in 2000.
Some of her professional affiliations include membership
and leadership in Phi Kappa Delta Honor Fraternity,
Texas Elementary Principals' and Supervisors'
Association, Association for School Curriculum
Development, Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals, Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA),
TASA Legislative Committee, Region V Superintendents,
Orange County Superintendents, Equity Center, Lamar
University Lighthouse Initiative Advisory Board, Lamar
University Educator Preparation Board, Tech-Prep Texas
Executive Leadership Committee, UIL Region 10 Music
Executive Committee, and UIL District 20 4A Executive
Committee. |
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In
the community, Hargrove is an Elder, Adult Sunday School
teacher, and Trustee of the First Presbyterian Church.
She is a former member of the Service League of Orange,
LeMaster Foundation, and Greater Orange Area Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Board.
Currently, she serves on the Chamber of Commerce
Education Committee, the Southeast Texas Regional
Planning Commission, the Criminal Justice Advisory
Board, Rotary Club, Leadership Southeast Texas, Orange
County Economic Development – Workforce and Education
Focus Groups, and several other advisory committees. She
is a frequent speaker for civic and educational
organizations and has presented at the local, regional,
state, national, and international levels.
Among Hargrove’s honors and achievements include being
selected as an Olympic Torch Bearer in 2002, an Oxford
Roundtable Representative in 2003, the “Athena Woman of
the Year” in 2004 by the Business and Professional
Women’s Association, and the “Yellow Rose of Texas” in
2005 by Governor Rick Perry. She is the 2006-2007
President of the Orange Rotary Club and a Paul Harris
Fellow, the 2006 Region V “Superintendent of the Year,”
and was inducted into the Lamar University “Educator
Hall of Fame” in 2006. The Greater Orange Area Chamber
of Commerce named Hargrove as the “Citizen of the Year”
for 2006, and the Altrusa Club of Orange named her as
the “Woman of the Year” for 2007. She was featured as
the “Person in the Spotlight” in the April 2007 issue of
Texas School Business, and earned her Education Doctoral
Degree in 2008. She was featured in Learning from the
Best: Lessons from Award-Winning Superintendents in
2009.
Mrs. Hargrove and her husband, Ricky, have two daughters
(April and Jeannie), two sons-in-law (Bruce and Trey),
and five grandchildren (Kenedie, Connor, Jordan, Ricki,
and Presley). She is the daughter of Billie Colburn and
the late Richard E. (Dick) Colburn. |
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