How a Florida school improved test scores with a simple but powerful community approach woman standing writing on black chalkboard "What I'm working onâlike making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlightsâmay not look like what I'm working on," Catherine Gilmore told me over a phone call. Gilmore has worked as an educator in Hillsborough County, Florida, for 13 years, and has spent the last six years at Gibsonton Elementary School where she was in the classroom for four years prior to spending the last two years as the community schools coordinator there. During our phone call, she explained to me how her school has addressed its low scores on the state's school performance report card. And it seems to be working.