Good luck to Kathy Price , who succeeds Mary Glass as executive director of the Manatee Education Foundation.

Price takes on the role after 20 years with the Manatee School District, most of them in a leadership capacity. She was principal at Willis Elementary the last six years and principal at Myakka Elementary the previous five years.

She follows the legacy of a woman whose impactful leadership has been felt around our community for her nearly two decades at the helm of the Foundation.

Under Glass’s guidance, the MEF collaborated with the Manatee Arts Education Council, Soar in 4, Adopt-A-School, the Excellence in Education Awards and Teacher IMPACT Grants, as well as the Manatee Community Foundation, the Bishop-Parker Foundation and the Barancik Foundation.

The MEF’s mission is

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