Britton Watson
FLORENCE – On Tuesday, July 19, Britton Watson qualified to run for the Board of Education in District 6. Her platform: New ideas. Fresh perspective. Common sense.
“I’ve been behind the scenes on various elections for more than 30 years and finally decided to throw my hat into the ring,” said Watson. “I have spent hundreds of hours volunteering for the schools and my philosophy has always been to be supportive and work to enhance the school system. Helping plan the education of our city’s youth, is not something I take lightly. These are critical times for public education, fraught with challenges. I find satisfaction in energetically confronting tough tasks and working collegially to overcome them.”
Some of the attributes Watson feels she can bring to the position are:
- Consensus Builder – Capable of working toward decisions that support established goals and objectives; willing to compromise to achieve those goals
- Community Participant – Enjoy meeting a variety of people, comfortable identifying the community’s key communicators and reaching out to the community
- Decision Maker – Know my own style and am able to recognize others’ decision-making styles; can support group decision-making that is in the best interest of the collective whole
- Information Processor – Organize priorities and schedules to handle a lot of verbal and written information
- Effective Communicator – Able to describe both what I want and what others want; a good listener
- Leader – Willing to take risks, be supportive of board colleagues, city staff, community leaders, and our community
- Team Player – Will help promote the board’s vision and goals
“I also fully appreciate that the children are our ultimate focus,” said Watson. “I will work with other board members to create a shared vision for work and learning; build strategic partnerships; sustain the city’s progress through continuous improvement; adopt and maintain current policies in written format; maintain strong ethical standards; and objectively seek answers to questions and challenges as they arise.”
About Britton Watson
Britton Watson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Texas Christian University. For the past three decades she has worked as a strategic consultant to businesses, the last 17 as a business owner of Blue Olive, LLC where she has written dozens of strategic plans and overseen budgets of all sizes, negotiated daily with third party suppliers and marketing partners, and has been entrusted by hundreds of clients to supervise, guide, and manage their businesses. She is married to Gregory Watson, Jr. and they have three children Win (Valedictorian, Class of 2015), Austin-Hall (Class of 2017), and Lotti (Class of 2022).
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