MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL
EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.

 

The Mountain Home Education Foundation, Incorporated is a non-profit corporation founded in 2001 for the purpose of assisting and supporting the Mountain Home Public Schools. One of the principal purposes of the Corporation shall be the fostering of educational opportunities for the youth of the Mountain Home Public School system. Therefore, the Foundation will receive and administer funds for educational, scientific, artistic and charitable purposes and to foster activities in the curriculum as well as in extracurricular interests. Anyone interested in making a contribution to the Corporation may contact the Superintendent of Schools.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Dr. Charles Scriber

Dr. Charles Scriber is Superintendent of Schools for the Mountain Home School District. Dr. Scriber received his bachelor of science degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1970.  He received his master of science degree in science education and administration from Louisiana Tech in 1976.  He has more than 30 hours in administration and technology from Louisiana Tech and the University of Louisiana in Monroe and in 1993 received his doctorate in educational administration and supervision form the University of Southern Mississippi. From 1998-2003, he was principal at Ruston High School.  He was principal at Simsboro High School from 1997-98 and was supervisor of secondary education in the Lincoln Parish Schools from 1992-97,  He was also principal of Ruston Junior High from 1987-92, and principal of Ruston Elementary from 1985-87.He has also been a counselor/assistant principal, and has taught  math and chemistry at the high school and junior high school levels. He is a member of the Louisiana Association of School Executives, Louisiana Association of School Superintendents, Louisiana School Board Association, National School Board Association and is a past member of Phi Delta Kappa. 

Sandy (Best) Irby 

Sandy lives in Mountain Home and was a charter member of the board in 2002 and serves as secretary.  Sandy is a Senior Vice President and Manager of the Trust & Financial Services Division of the First National Bank & Trust Company of Mountain Home. She is certified by the American Bankers Association as a Certified Trust & Financial Advisor, a Certified Retirement Plan Specialist and is a licensed investment representative. In addition to serving the Mountain Home Education Foundation Board, Sandy is Chairman of Planned Giving Committee of the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation, President of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce Foundation, a member of Mountain Home Business & Professional Women, and is an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain Home. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, was Charter President of the Twin Lakes Lions Club, and has served as President of BPW. Sandy is a graduate of LeadAR, a rural leadership development program of the University of  Arkansas, Extension Service.  She and her husband, Mark, are both graduates of MHHS and live in Mountain Home.

   

Ted H. Sanders 

Ted lives in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  He graduated from Marshall High School, Marshall, Arkansas, and received his BSBA and JD from the University of Arkansas. He has practiced law in Mountain Home for over 30 years. He has served as a Special Chief Justice and Special Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court. He is currently a member of the Arkansas Bar Association’s House of Delegates and the Baxter County Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of First National Bank & Trust Co. of Mountain Home, is a past member of the Advisory Board of Arkansas State University--Mountain Home, and past member of the Mountain Home School Board. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children who are graduates of Mountain Home High School.

   

Bob Knight

Bob lives in Mountain Home and it is a graduate of Mountain Home High School and attended Wichita Business College.  He is a partner and General Manager of Mountain  Lakes Broadcasting.  Bob is married to the former Sue Hightower, a MHHS graduate, and has one daughter, Heather, a graduate of Mountain Home High School and the University of Central Arkansas. He is past president of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association and currently serves as President of the Broadcasters of Arkansas Political  Action Committee.  He is Chairman of the Twin Lakes Economic Development Commission and serves on the Baxter Regional Hospital Development Board the ASU Mountain Home Advisory Board and the board of CARTI Mountain Home.

 

Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson is a native of Mountain Home and graduated from MHHS in the class of 1960. He married Ann Joyce (class of 1963) and they have two daughters, Laura (class of 1982) and Marcy (class of 1990), and six grandchildren. Ann and Robert are members of First Baptist church.  Robert received his BA degree from Arkansas Tech and his MEd from the University of Arkansas. He spent three years teaching at Searcy Junior High before coming home to Mountain Home as High School band director.  He held that position for thirty-five years and retired from teaching in 2002.  During his tenure at Mountain Home, he was named "Teacher of the Year" in 1975 and in 1979, and as the Arkansas "Bandmaster of the Year" in 1994. He served as president of the Arkansas School Band & Orchestra Association, the Arkansas Bandmasters' Association, and the Arkansas chapter of Phi Beta Mu, National Band Fraternity. He currently serves as president of the Baxter County Retired Teachers' Association and as a board member of the Mountain Home Education Foundation. He was elected to the Mountain Home school board in September of 2006.  

 

Julie Wright 

   

Carol Gresham

Carol Gresham is a 1972 graduate of Mountain Home High School.  She and her family moved to the area when she was in third grade.  Carol received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1976.  During the next seven years she lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she began a career in commercial real estate.  In 1984, Carol moved to Little Rock and developed a market research firm and relocation business.  Since 1996, she and her husband Rip have enjoyed spending as much time as possible at their cabin by the White River.  They relocated back here permanently a year ago.  Presently, Carol is co-owner of Comfort Keepers, a non-medical in-home care franchise which services north central Arkansas and southern Missouri.  She also serves on the BRMC Foundation Board, is a licensed Arkansas real estate broker and involved as a member of First Baptist Church.

 

   

Ron Lechenberger

   

Linda Pitts

Linda Pitts is a 1971 Honor graduate from Mountain Home High School.  She has a BS degree in Business from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. She currently serves as president of the Mountain Home School Board of Education.  She is married to her high school sweetheart, Gary Pitts.  After being away from the Mountain Home area for over 20 years, the Pitts family moved back to Mountain Home in 1994.  They wanted their two children to experience the same quality of education they had received in the Mountain Home School District.  Their oldest son, Nick will graduate in 2003 from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he plays for the Razorback Baseball team.  He will have degrees in Finance and Marketing.  Their youngest son, Ryan will graduate from Mountain Home in 2008.  Linda spent many years working in manufacturing for Tenneco, ITT Outdoor Lighting and Hunter Fan.  She was the Account Services Manager for Levi Strauss and Company and then worked with her husband in a business he developed, Mr. Tidy Carwashes, Inc.  She is the daughter of Warren and Marilyn Beaman of Lakeview and the daughter-in-law of Dessie and the late Carl Pitts of Mountain Home.