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Current Involvment
Peggy Littleton, current Colorado State Board of Education Representative, is gearing up for her run for El Paso County Commissioner, District 5.

Early Life
Peggy was born in Sidney, NE, and moved to Morgan, CO when she was 4 years old. By 2nd grade her family settled in Longmont, CO. Peggy’s first job at the age of 15 was a paper route with her younger brother Roy for the Daily Mount Call. Their efficiency on their route, earned them the (what) award. (Link to article?) Peggy’s interest in politics started early with involvement in High School student government. After High School graduation, Peggy spent a year abroad as a Rotary Exchange Student in Austria.

Education
Upon return from Austria, Peggy enrolled at Colorado State University. After completing her junior year of college, at CSU, as a newlywed, Peggy moved to TX and completed her Bachelor of Science degree with Regents University, which is now Excelsior College in Albany, NY. https://www.excelsior.edu/.

Career
Excellence in education has always been at the forefront of Peggy’s career. She was a teacher for 15 years in a variety of educational settings; including home-schooling her three children and serving as a faculty member at Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy and Colorado Springs Christian School. Peggy was appointed as the director for Colorado’s GEAR UP grant, which was administered by the office of Governor Bill Owens. COLORADO GEAR UP is the state's program to prepare low-income students for college. http://www.coloradogearup.org/gearuphome.html

Peggy has extensive experience as an educational consultant and conducts professional staff development seminars for teachers nationwide (with GHA?): http://www.gha-pd.com/index.html. Her seminars focus on training teachers to use both data- driven and differentiated instruction in the classroom.

Peggy continues to serve on many boards and commissions, including Read to Achieve, The Dyslexia Center and PACE (Parental Alliance for Choice in Education). Of the awards she has received, she feels most honored to have been given the Charter Friend Award for Policy. Peggy has contributed to any reports published by NASBE, http://nasbe.org/ some of which are “E Pluribus Unum (ELL)”, “Adolescent Literacy” and “From Planning to Practice (ECE).” In addition to serving on the State Board of Education, Peggy is a commercial real estate consultant in Colorado Springs. Political Involvement Peggy has lived in Colorado Springs since the summer of 1993 and has served on the State Board of Education since Feb. 2004. http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_sbe.htm Along with being elected to the State Board of Education, Peggy has been involved in local politics for 13 years. She is now seeking to serve the residents of El Paso County in Commissioner District 5 http://bcc.elpasoco.com/. Peggy’s leadership, accountability and efficiency are solid attributes she will use as she continues the effort to make to El Paso County the most sought after county in the state of Colorado.

Personal
Peggy met the love of her life Don Littleton, her junior year in college. They were married in May of 1981 and have enjoyed a productive 28 years of marriage. Together they have three grown children, Tiffany (of.......), Air Force Capt. Shawn Littleton, of Boston MA. http://www.airforce.com/ and Brittany (of......).