District 4:
Alternative Schools, Avalon Elementary, East Naples Middle, Gulfview Middle, Lake Park Elementary, Naples High, Poinciana Elementary, Sea Gate Elementary, Walker Institute of Technology, and Walker Technical High School.

Contact me:
School Board Office (239) 377-0494
Email: spraguju@collierschools.com

Julie Sprague graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland with both a B.S.E. and M.S.E. degree. She taught physical education and health for thirty years, with ten years at Immokalee High School and ten at Gulf Coast High School. She was the department chair at IHS for seven years and the department chair at GCHS for three. She coached a variety of sports for twenty years. She founded the first Medical Academy in Collier County at Gulf Coast High School. In 2003 she was selected as the Collier County High School Teacher of the Year.  She has taught at the pre-school through undergraduate level over the span of her teaching career.

Julie is active in the community, currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Collier County Education Foundation and the Immokalee Multicultural Multipurpose Community Action Agency.  She also serves as the school board liason to the Collier County Head Start program.  She formerly served on the American Heart Association Community Board, coordinated walkers for the AHA Heartwalk and coordinated a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She has volunteered for the nonprofit organization FriendsTogether, Inc. which assists HIV/AIDS infected and affected children for the past thirteen years and has completed numerous 300 mile/3 Day bicycle rides from Tallahassee to Lakeland to raise funds for the group. In addition she has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro twice to raise awareness and money for the group. While in Africa, she also did medical mission work for a month.

Julie recently achieved Certified Board Member status through the Florida School Boards Association and holds Master Board Certification as well.