NICEVILLE, Fla. —Robert McElroy, Jr., has been named the program director of facilities and maintenance for the Okaloosa County School District (OCSD).
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Mr McElroy is a veteran OCSD educator. The Okaloosa County School Board approved his appointment at its May 28 meeting in Niceville.
A proud product of the OCSD, Mr McElroy attended Plew Elementary School and Ruckel Junior High School and is a 1988 graduate of Niceville Senior High School. Following high school, he served four years in the Navy and earned his associate of arts degree from Okaloosa Walton Community College and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Florida (UF).
Mr McElroy was accepted into the UF Pro-Teach Program and received his Master of Education in Social Studies in 1999. In recent years, he earned his master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of West Florida.
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Mr. McElroy started his career in public education in Okaloosa County in 2000, where he taught social studies at Bruner Middle School, Lewis Middle School, and Fort Walton Beach High School.
In 2019, he joined Baker School as the dean of students before being appointed assistant principal at Meigs Middle School in 2019 and assistant principal at Niceville High School in 2021.
