Manatee County School District Executive passes away Photo of Dr. Shirin Gibson. (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | December 15, 2020 at 2:16 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 2:36 PM
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County’s Superintendent, Cynthia Saunders, announced that Dr. Shirin Gibson, the Executive Director of Curriculum and Professional Learning for the school district, passed away this past weekend. She was 47.
Gibson began working for the School District of Manatee County in 1996 as a paraprofessional (teacher’s aide) at Daughtrey Elementary. She remained employed by the district for 24 years, earning a Doctorate in Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University in 2010 and rising to the upper ranks of district leadership.