Meghan Agresto's guest appearances

Meghan Agresto

The Principal's Office Podcast 

Light Hearted

Remarkable Stories

Treasures of the Outer Banks

Brian Johnson

Bob Muller

Tim Bailey

Jem Finer

Joseph Smith

Chris Mills

Sarah Jones

Sophie Blackall

John Maxwell

Kate Devlin

Bruce Williams

Jack Roberts

Jay Smith

John Anderson

Alan Dunlop

OwlTail

Meghan Agresto is a force of nature. The energy she brings to her job is infectious. To call her a site manager of the Currituck Lighthouse is a gross understatement. She is part historian, part event planner, part manager, and part problem-solver. In the end, Meghan is a person of action. Meghan works for the Outer Banks Conservationists who maintain and preserve the compound at Currituck Lighthouse as well as the Island Farm on Roanoke Island. Her office is a renovated storage shed on the compound and she lives feet from the facility. https://obcinc.org/  Her knowledge of the Lighthouse is amazing and her energy helps create an outstanding experience for visitors. Meghan also holds the title of President for the Board of Directors, Water's Edge Village School (WEVS), a separate non-profit charter school created to educate the youth in Corolla so they wouldn't have to drive over two hours to a school located on the Currituck mainland. https://www.watersedgevillageschool.com/  This talk with Meghan reminded me I need to get up to Historic Corolla Village and take the time to look around. Enjoy.

Meghan Agresto is a force of nature. The energy she brings to her job is infectious. To call her a site manager of the Currituck Lighthouse is a gross understatement. She is part historian, part event planner, part manager, and part problem-solver. In the end, Meghan is a person of action. Meghan works for the Outer Banks Conservationists who maintain and preserve the compound at Currituck Lighthouse as well as the Island Farm on Roanoke Island. Her office is a renovated storage shed on the compound and she lives feet from the facility. <a href="https://obcinc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://obcinc.org/ </a> Her knowledge of the Lighthouse is amazing and her energy helps create an outstanding experience for visitors. Meghan also holds the title of President for the Board of Directors, Water's Edge Village School (WEVS), a separate non-profit charter school created to educate the youth in Corolla so they wouldn't have to drive over two hours to a school located on the Currituck mainland. <a href="https://www.watersedgevillageschool.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.watersedgevillageschool.com/ </a> This talk with Meghan reminded me I need to get up to Historic Corolla Village and take the time to look around. Enjoy.

#008, Meghan Agresto, Currituck Lighthouse

The Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long chain of barrier islands, stretch from southeastern Virginia to most of the North Carolina coast. The islands were a haven for piracy in the 1600s, but later an important commercial fishing industry developed in the region. Currituck Beach Lighthouse—the northernmost of the light stations on the Outer Banks—began service on December 1, 1875, to fill a 40-mile gap on the coast between the lights at Cape Henry, Virginia, and Bodie Island, North Carolina. It was the last major brick lighthouse built on the Outer Banks. Until 1933 when it was electrified, the station had a principal keeper and two assistants serving at a time.  Currituck Beach Lighthouse. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo.After automation in 1937, the site fell into disrepair until the nonprofit Outer Banks Conservationists renovated the station’s buildings and opened the site to the public in 1990. In 2003, the U.S. Department of the Interior awarded the organization the ownership of the lighthouse.  Meghan AgrestoMeghan Agresto has been the resident site manager of the Currituck Beach Light Station for more than 16 years. Because the nearest schools are far away on the mainland, she started a school for local children and she continues to serve as board president of the Corolla Education Foundation. Use this player to listen to the podcast:

The Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long chain of barrier islands, stretch from southeastern Virginia to most of the North Carolina coast. The islands were a haven for piracy in the 1600s, but later an important commercial fishing industry developed in the region. Currituck Beach Lighthouse—the northernmost of the light stations on the Outer Banks—began service on December 1, 1875, to fill a 40-mile gap on the coast between the lights at Cape Henry, Virginia, and Bodie Island, North Carolina. It was the last major brick lighthouse built on the Outer Banks. Until 1933 when it was electrified, the station had a principal keeper and two assistants serving at a time. Currituck Beach Lighthouse. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo. After automation in 1937, the site fell into disrepair until the nonprofit Outer Banks Conservationists renovated the station’s buildings and opened the site to the public in 1990. In 2003, the U.S. Department of the Interior awarded the organization the ownership of the lighthouse. Meghan Agresto Meghan Agresto has been the resident site manager of the Currituck Beach Light Station for more than 16 years. Because the nearest schools are far away on the mainland, she started a school for local children and she continues to serve as board president of the Corolla Education Foundation. Use this player to listen to the podcast:

Light Hearted ep 132 – Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach, NC

Being a lighthouse keeper in the 20th-century might not be the same job that it was 150 years ago, but Meghan Agresto isn’t exactly starving for work in her role as custodian of the beacon at Currituck Beach in Corolla, North Carolina. Part historian, part events coordinator, part problem solver, Meghan manages not only the lighthouse but also a one-room charter school in this tiny town of just five hundred permanent residents. Chatting with Seabird’s John Herlig, Meghan talks about all of these things as well as exciting tales of the drama, death, and destruction that was part and parcel of lighthouse life in the late 1800s.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/remarkablestories/message

Being a lighthouse keeper in the 20th-century might not be the same job that it was 150 years ago, but Meghan Agresto isn’t exactly starving for work in her role as custodian of the beacon at Currituck Beach in Corolla, North Carolina. Part historian, part events coordinator, part problem solver, Meghan manages not only the lighthouse but also a one-room charter school in this tiny town of just five hundred permanent residents. Chatting with Seabird’s John Herlig, Meghan talks about all of these things as well as exciting tales of the drama, death, and destruction that was part and parcel of lighthouse life in the late 1800s.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/remarkablestories/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/remarkablestories/message</a>

S01 E03: MEGHAN AGRESTO

Our guest today, Meghan Agresto, founder of the Water's Edge Village School, is no stranger to the perennial charter school puzzle of limited resources. The school is located in Corolla, NC, the last town north on the Outer Banks, and with only 32 students this year, they have still found a way to stay true to their mission and provide a valuable school of choice for their community. Meghan by day is the keeper of the Currituck Beach Light House, and is also the board chair for the small school where they have to tap all available resources to make their vision a reality. During our conversation, we discussed the tricks and tactics that they have learned to make a special school happen in such a special place.  Please enjoy!3:15 The origin story of Water’s Edge Village School9:00 The total time in transit for Corolla residents for their district school12:30 How long was the process to organize and bring a charter school to your community?16:15 How did you find a facility for this school?23:30 Getting an exemption for having so few students, and how can you be financially viable?29:30 What do you say to schools with more students that say its too hard to make it work with so few students?32:10 What makes your school environment unique?39:45 Projects that bridge the grad- span of the school47:05 Advice for leaders that just got approved for a charter school

Our guest today, Meghan Agresto, founder of the Water's Edge Village School, is no stranger to the perennial charter school puzzle of limited resources. The school is located in Corolla, NC, the last town north on the Outer Banks, and with only 32 students this year, they have still found a way to stay true to their mission and provide a valuable school of choice for their community. Meghan by day is the keeper of the Currituck Beach Light House, and is also the board chair for the small school where they have to tap all available resources to make their vision a reality. During our conversation, we discussed the tricks and tactics that they have learned to make a special school happen in such a special place. Please enjoy! 3:15 The origin story of Water’s Edge Village School 9:00 The total time in transit for Corolla residents for their district school 12:30 How long was the process to organize and bring a charter school to your community? 16:15 How did you find a facility for this school? 23:30 Getting an exemption for having so few students, and how can you be financially viable? 29:30 What do you say to schools with more students that say its too hard to make it work with so few students? 32:10 What makes your school environment unique? 39:45 Projects that bridge the grad- span of the school 47:05 Advice for leaders that just got approved for a charter school