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Higgins Named Guidance Counselor at Ballard Elem.

Higgins Named Guidance Counselor at Ballard Elem.
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Apr. 27, 2015 | LA CENTER, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Apr. 27, 2015 | 07:06 PM | LA CENTER, KY
Fifth-grade math teacher Ginger Higgins was named guidance counselor last week by the Site-Based Decision-Making council at Ballard County Elementary School. As of July 1, she will replace Vicki Fowler, who is retiring after 31 years of service.

The 1989 graduate of Ballard Memorial High School began with BCES 10 years ago, and has served as both a third- and fifth-grade teacher. She holds a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in math and a master’s degree in guidance and counseling, both from Murray State University. 

Higgins said she initially took guidance classes thinking that it would make her better able to help students in her classroom. “This job opens up the opportunity to help all the students at BCES be successful,” she said. “I’m excited about taking what I know about that from the intermediate wing to students in the primary wing.

“I want to do more work in the classroom, so kids are not in my office missing content,” she said. Higgins said she thought it would be helpful if students could show her where they were having difficulty, rather than just telling her about it. 

“I want kids to know who I am, and that they can come to me,” she continued. “I want to be their advocate, to help them be successful in relationships and in academics.

She looked around her classroom. “I feel like these are my kids,” Higgins said. “And now, I think I’ll have kids all over the building, instead of just in one room.”

She and her husband, Richard, live outside of Barlow with son Austin, a student at BMHS. Their daughter, Asiah Avery, graduated from Ballard in 2007.
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