1059 Caldwell Road
Lucasville, Ohio 45648
740 259-0045
Term Expires December 31, 2013
Current Vice-President of the Valley Local Board of Educaton
Mrs. Goins began her first term in January, 2006. She is a school counselor at Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center in Chillicothe, Ohio and lives in Lucasville. Mrs. Goins has 29 years of experience in public education and has served as a home economics teacher, GRADS program instructor, Early Childhood Education Instructor and the past 14 years as a school counselor. Kathy has served students and parents at Wilmington City Schools, Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Scioto County Career Center prior to her current position at Pickaway-Ross CTC.
Kathy serves as the OSBA legislative liaison for the board and currently serves on an appointed position to the Ohio Educator Standards Board representing school board members across the state. Kathy also severs on the Ohio School Counselor Association(OSCA) governing board, as well as the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Board of Directors as the Mid Western Vice President.
Mrs. Goins is a 1978 graduate of Valley High School and received her Bachelor of Education in Home Economics Education from The Ohio State University in 1983. She was awarded a Master of Education degree in School Guidance and Counseling from Xavier University in 1986. She has completed post graduate work in education from Ohio State, Ohio University and Wright State University.
Kathy is married to Dwight Goins, State Support Team Member for the Ohio Department of Education. Their children include two college graduates and two children still in school. Jonathan is a 2009 graduate of Valley High School who is currently a junior at Shawnee State University and Katie who is a senior at Valley High School.