Annual Conference registration now open!
It’s time to launch your browser and sign up for the state’s premier professional development event for school district leadership teams — the 2007 WSSDA Annual Conference. Just visit wssda.org/annualconference to complete your conference registration and reserve your hotel accommodations. We’re planning a great lineup of speakers and sessions for this year’s event, which takes place Nov. 14-17 at the Seattle Westin Hotel. Sign up today!

Legislative, Resolutions Committees call for proposals
School board members, now is the time to be thinking about proposals you’d like to bring forward for additions or changes to WSSDA’s legislative and permanent positions. The WSSDA Legislative Committee is seeking proposals for positions on legislative issues that will be considered in the 2008 session; the Resolutions Committee is calling for proposals related to WSSDA’s Permanent Association Positions. For information on submitting legislative proposals, click here. For information on proposals for the Resolutions Committee, click here.

Entries sought for Boards of the Year, Diversity Awards
Each year, WSSDA honors a select number of school boards and school districts for exemplary leadership in promoting student achievement and equity in education. This recognition occurs through the association’s Boards of the Year and Diversity Awards programs, which are now accepting applications from districts that would like to be considered for this year’s awards. Learn more here…

Sew, you want to make a quilt square…
WSSDA President Cindy McMullen reports that she is getting numerous inquiries about how to participate in her quilt square project. You’ll recall that Cindy challenged school board members to join her in making quilt squares to reflect public education, school board membership or WSSDA. The squares will be sewn together in quilts or banners to symbolize WSSDA’s commitment to quality education for every child in the state. For details and instructions, visit the WSSDA Web site.

Six more Regional Meetings on tap
WSSDA’s Spring Regional Meetings have been well attended and well received, with especially favorable feedback on presentations and discussions related to student achievement, the State Board of Education and the now-completed legislative session. Six more meetings are on the schedule, starting tonight in Vancouver and followed by Rochester (5/2), Trout Lake (5/2), Mount Vernon (5/3), Sunnyside (5/16) and Ellensburg (5/17). For meeting agenda information and online registration, click here.

State Board meets next week
The next meeting of the State Board of Education will take place May 10-11 at Highline Community College in Des Moines. The complete agenda and other meeting details are available on the SBE Web site.

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