Kristin Maguire
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Kristin Maguire is a conservative politician from Clemson
, South Carolina
. She served on the state Board of Education from 1999 to 2009 and served as the board's chairman from 2008 to 2009.
Maguire has served as the executive committeewoman of the South Carolina Republican Party
and as the chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Education
, a position that she was elected to in 2008 by a 9-7 vote of that board. She was initially appointed to the state board by the Pickens County Legislative Delegation in 1999 and reappointed by Governor Mark Sanford
in 2004.
Maguire is a graduate of Clemson University
. She homeschools her four children; she was the only homeschooler in the United States overseeing a state board charged with managing and improving public education. A social conservative, Maguire has co-founded a group that promotes abstinence only education, private school vouchers and a curriculum teaching intelligent design
.
Maguire resigned her position on the board in late August 2009 citing "family responsibilities. Maguire's resignation came amid accusations that she had been writing erotic fiction online under the pen name Bridget Keeney.
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson is a college town located in Pickens County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 11,939 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 42,199...
, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
. She served on the state Board of Education from 1999 to 2009 and served as the board's chairman from 2008 to 2009.
Maguire has served as the executive committeewoman of the South Carolina Republican Party
South Carolina Republican Party
The South Carolina Republican Party and the South Carolina Democratic Party are the two major political parties within the U.S. state of South Carolina...
and as the chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Education
Board of education
A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....
, a position that she was elected to in 2008 by a 9-7 vote of that board. She was initially appointed to the state board by the Pickens County Legislative Delegation in 1999 and reappointed by Governor Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician from South Carolina, who was the 115th Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011....
in 2004.
Maguire is a graduate of Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
. She homeschools her four children; she was the only homeschooler in the United States overseeing a state board charged with managing and improving public education. A social conservative, Maguire has co-founded a group that promotes abstinence only education, private school vouchers and a curriculum teaching intelligent design
Intelligent design
Intelligent design is the proposition that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection." It is a form of creationism and a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for...
.
Maguire resigned her position on the board in late August 2009 citing "family responsibilities. Maguire's resignation came amid accusations that she had been writing erotic fiction online under the pen name Bridget Keeney.
External links
- Parents Involved in Education, a non-profit organization co-founded by Maguire
- Bridget Keeney archive