By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Tori Selby, 17, a Springstead High senior, is the School Board’s first student representative.
SPRING HILL — As a little girl, Tori Selby planned to be the first woman to serve as president of the United States.
"I used to tell my mom, 'You better vote for me,' " Selby recalls, laughing.
Selby might yet blaze that trail, but she has more immediate history to make: On Tuesday, she will join the Hernando County School Board as the district's first student representative.
The 17-year-old Springstead High School senior, whose name is short for Victoria, won a four-candidate race last week by a landslide margin that surprised even Selby and her supporters, despite the work they packed into a two-week campaign.
For Selby, the job is a culmination of the passions that drive her: civics, volunteerism and a desire to learn ...