IU1 News for Superintendents and Board Members : February 28, 2008
Intermediate Unit 1 Convention
The annual IU1 Convention is scheduled for Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the Natali Performance Center on the campus of California University of Pennsylvania. We will be seeking to fill the board seats for four regular three-year terms of office, two from Fayette and two from Washington Counties. In addition, we will be seeking to fill the board seats for three unexpired terms of office, two from Fayette and one from Washington Counties. If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to nominate a member of your board to serve, particularly if your district has not had an IU1 Board member for some time.
The following former Intermediate Unit 1 Board members who left the Board following the November elections were elected to terms of office that will expire on June 30, 2008 (regular terms) and those of members whose terms are unexpired terms:
- William J. Vargo, Frazier School District (Regular Term)
- Edward Yorke, Jr., Canon-McMillan School District (Regular Term)
- Nancy L. Herring, Uniontown Area School District (Two-year Term)
- Richard Galand, Connellsville Area School District (One-year Term)
- Dr. Wm. Adams, Jr., Washington School District (One-year Term)
In addition, the terms of office for two current Board members expire on June 30, 2008:
- Thomas McMurray, Peters Township School District (Regular Term)
- Francine Pavone, Brownsville Area School District (Regular Term)
Congratulations to Sue Conrady
Mrs. Conrady is the recipient of the 2008 Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE) Outstanding Adult Educator Award. Sue was honored for her outstanding contributions to the development of adult education at the annual banquet in Hershey, PA on February 6, 2008. Please join me in congratulating Sue.
STEM Grant
IU1's STEM Center is featured in the recent publication of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation's annual report. As I reported last month, we were awarded a $256,000, three-year grant from the Benedum Foundation to implement a STEM center. Nancy Tsupros and Jarol DeVoge had received a planning grant last year to develop a framework for the Center. We are grateful to the Benedum Foundation for their ongoing support of the school district in IU1 through their grant program.
Single Audit Report
I am pleased to report that the auditors from McClure and Wolf found our business practices to be in compliance with Government Auditing Standards. There were no findings of control deficiencies that resulted in any material weaknesses in our operations.
