This is what we saw at last night’s board meeting held at
Tahoma High School. Please understand
that this is far from a typical attendance at our meetings. Usually when we look out we see some staff
and a few people with the occasional student needing to fulfill some
requirement to attend a public meeting.
Why the big difference and why at the high school? The simple answer is that we outgrew the
board room for the annual meeting to honor AP scholars. We needed a larger room to honor those that
have achieved this honor. The program
has grown to the point where last year our students took almost 1000 AP
exams. Brooke Dillon, under whose
leadership the program has been nurtured and supported, just missed her goal of
1000.
An added benefit was the opportunity for the Board and
those in attendance to hear about and thank two members from the high school
Green Team for receiving a grant from State farm Insurance in excess of
$80,000. The money will go towards promoting
their ground water work on our school campuses and in the community.
Finally the Board chose the cord that will become a new
honor for Tahoma High School graduates beginning with this year’s graduating
class. Here is a link
to information about qualifications and the application process. After this presentation and decision the
students stayed for a reception hosted by the PTA and we adjourned to the library
to continue our meeting with three people in the audience. That looked more normal, but didn’t bring
with it the same energy and enthusiasm.
1 comment:
Board meetings are always interesting. I went for a jewelry exhibition at one of the lavish meeting space San Francisco recently. Loved the designs and display was attractive too. Will suggest the same venue to my friend as she is planning for an art & craft exhibition in coming months.
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