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Q&A with Joshua Smith, seeking election to Muscogee County School Board

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Joshua has experience as a coach and team lead at a car dealership.

As of March 11, 2026, Joshua Aaron Smith did not have a website or any information online.

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Promotes clearer communiction between the board and parents, and ensuring that student peformance data is accessible and honest.

- Promotes clearer communiction between the board and parents, and ensuring that student peformance data is accessible and honest.

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Champions programs that focus on the ‘whole student’ - "discipline, teamwork and academic support."

- Champions programs that focus on the ‘whole student’ - "discipline, teamwork and academic support."

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Joshua Aaron Smith

- Champion programs that focus on the ‘whole student’ - "discipline, teamwork and academic support."

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Margot Hightower Schley earned a bachelor's degree in political science from 
Richmond American University London.

Margot has served on the Muscogee County School Board since 2022.

Margot has worked as a travel advisor for the past four years. She also has experience working for various banks.

As of March 11, 2026, Margot Hightower Schley did not have a website or any information online.

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Margot Hightower Schley

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

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Muscogee County Board of Education Member, District 8

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