It’s Sunday morning after our School Levy election. There are so many people to thank for the outcome — the voters of this fine county approved the continuation of the School Levy by a 3-1 margin, 77.54%. It should be noted that this is an unofficial tally until the vote canvas on Friday, March 12. This vote is a commitment to education by the voters which began in 1952.
As Superintendent of Schools, I am extremely proud to live and serve in this position in Mineral County. As I often say, “Every day in Mineral County is better than the day before, but not nearly as good as tomorrow will be.” This is especially true in our educational system. On behalf of the Board of Education, all our employees, and myself, I pledge that we will work diligently to provide the best and most appropriate education for your children and grand-children to meet their needs as 21st Century Learners. Thank you for your continuing support of education in Mineral County — our children need and deserve it. They are our NOW and our FUTURE.
This past week I had a tremendous opportunity to serve as a panel member, along with the Superintendents of Allegany County Schools and Garrett County Schools, at a meeting of the Greater Cumberland Committee. We spoke to the group about our systems’ recent accomplishments, our greatest challenges, and how can the business community assist us in meeting these challenges. What we learned is that we have a lot in common — more than just our geographic locations. Although our accomplishments
are somewhat different, our challenges are quite similar in meeting the needs of our 21st Century Learners who are in our schools daily. Each of us agreed that the support of our business communities is vital to being successful school systems and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement.
What became more apparent during our panel discussion was a need for us to meet on a regular basis to have these discussions in a more informal setting. This seems like a natural thing to do because of our geographic proximity. We have more in common than our borders. We now need to identify how we can support and assist one another to move our counties forward.
In West Virginia we already have this opportunity to meet as regional superintendents. Our state is divided into eight RESAs (Regional Educational Service Agencies). They were formed to encourage the sharing of resources and to assist counties in the delivery of educational programs and community services. We meet a minimum of six (6) times each year, in addition to the statewide meetings of superintendents at least six to eight times per year. However, the meetings with the Tri-County Superintendents of Allegany, Garrett and Mineral Counties seem equally important and will yield great dividends to each of our counties.
In upcoming editions of the Clipboard I will discuss some of our challenges presented during the panel discussion with the Greater Cumberland Committee and how we are preparing to meet those challenges. As always, thanks for your support and commitment to education for our children and grand-children.
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It’s Sunday morning after our School Levy election. There are so many people to thank for the outcome — the voters of this fine county approved the continuation of the School Levy by a 3-1 margin, 77.54%. It should be noted that this is an unofficial tally until the vote canvas on Friday, March 12. This vote is a commitment to education by the voters which began in 1952.
As Superintendent of Schools, I am extremely proud to live and serve in this position in Mineral County. As I often say, “Every day in Mineral County is better than the day before, but not nearly as good as tomorrow will be.” This is especially true in our educational system. On behalf of the Board of Education, all our employees, and myself, I pledge that we will work diligently to provide the best and most appropriate education for your children and grand-children to meet their needs as 21st Century Learners. Thank you for your continuing support of education in Mineral County — our children need and deserve it. They are our NOW and our FUTURE.
This past week I had a tremendous opportunity to serve as a panel member, along with the Superintendents of Allegany County Schools and Garrett County Schools, at a meeting of the Greater Cumberland Committee. We spoke to the group about our systems’ recent accomplishments, our greatest challenges, and how can the business community assist us in meeting these challenges. What we learned is that we have a lot in common — more than just our geographic locations. Although our accomplishments
are somewhat different, our challenges are quite similar in meeting the needs of our 21st Century Learners who are in our schools daily. Each of us agreed that the support of our business communities is vital to being successful school systems and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement.
What became more apparent during our panel discussion was a need for us to meet on a regular basis to have these discussions in a more informal setting. This seems like a natural thing to do because of our geographic proximity. We have more in common than our borders. We now need to identify how we can support and assist one another to move our counties forward.
In West Virginia we already have this opportunity to meet as regional superintendents. Our state is divided into eight RESAs (Regional Educational Service Agencies). They were formed to encourage the sharing of resources and to assist counties in the delivery of educational programs and community services. We meet a minimum of six (6) times each year, in addition to the statewide meetings of superintendents at least six to eight times per year. However, the meetings with the Tri-County Superintendents of Allegany, Garrett and Mineral Counties seem equally important and will yield great dividends to each of our counties.
In upcoming editions of the Clipboard I will discuss some of our challenges presented during the panel discussion with the Greater Cumberland Committee and how we are preparing to meet those challenges. As always, thanks for your support and commitment to education for our children and grand-children.
