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Adam Truex has announced his candidacy for the Marshall County Board of Education.
Adam and his wife, Trish, are residents of Glen Dale and are the parents of two adult children who both attended Marshall County Schools.
Truex is a 1992 graduate of John Marshall High School. After graduation, he enlisted into the U.S. Navy where he eventually retired as a chief petty officer with more than 21 years of service in both the active and reserve directorates of the U.S. Navy's Cryptologic Warfare Group. He continues to volunteer his time to support area veterans as a board member of Helping Heroes and as the treasurer of the Northern Panhandle's Veterans Council.
After his retirement from reserve duty in 2013, he then enrolled at West Liberty University where he graduated in 2016 with his bachelor's degree in business leadership and administration. He also obtained a master's degree in organizational leadership and continues to serve as an adjunct professor for the university's professional studies program.
Since 2000, Truex has been employed with the Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Educational Service Agency and currently serves as the agency's assistant director.
OME-RESA provides educational services to over 50,0000 students throughout 11 counties in southeastern Ohio.
He believes his experience in providing services to smaller rural school districts will be valuable in leading Marshall County Schools to continued improvement.
"Serving public schools in southeastern Ohio has proved to be a valuable experience. … Unlike our county system, we have over 50 different city school districts with their individual boards of education to support," he said. "Most of these districts have smaller operating budgets, so we have to develop resourceful services to help them meet their educational commitments."
He said, if elected, he looks forward to leveraging his experience to ensure the district is moving forward to improve its services to students, and support for staff. He also plans to build relationships with other county agencies and organizations to better support the at-risk youth in the county.
"The rising number of at-risk children in our county has to be a top priority. … We need to make sure our teachers and administrators have every resource available to them to better support their classrooms and buildings," he said.
"The at-risk children need our help more than ever."