Volume 9,
Issue 4
July -
August 2007
Dear NAFEPA Members:
As I write this letter, we are setting records in Alabama for
heat. We have had several days of temperatures in the 100s, and
the hot weather appears to be continuing. Another item that has
set records recently is our NAFEPA membership. For the first
time in the history of our organization we have topped 2,500
members. This is amazing since only a few years ago we were in
the 1,200 member range. The increase is the result of a lot of
hard work on the part of many of our members, the Board of
Directors, our Executive Committee, and state leadership teams.
You have worked hard to make this happen, and we appreciate all
your efforts. Our purpose for increasing membership is not
just a numbers game. We are united in our efforts to share the
message that NAFEPA is an organization with the utmost purpose
of providing vital support for administrators of federal
education programs. At this time in education, it is essential
that administrators and school district leaders have a strong
support system for understanding and implementing federal
education programs. That is the only way to assure that all
students have ample opportunities to be successful academically,
and we need to continually share our successful practices. The
No Child Left Behind Act is coming up for reauthorization, and
it is important that educators have a voice in the legislative
reauthorization. That too continues to be an important NAFEPA
goal. Our strength is in the high quality of dedication among
our members, and we are proud to say that we represent more than
2,500 educators from across the nation. I am often asked the
question as to who should be a member of NAFEPA. Any
administrator in a local school, school district, regional
office, state department of education, or other government level
will benefit from membership in our association. We currently
have members from all levels of education including teachers and
school board members. Our executive committee and Board of
Directors are made up of educators who are school principals,
district level directors, assistant superintendents,
superintendents, retired consultants, and state federal programs
directors. We are truly a diverse group of educators. Joint
membership is one of the strategies we are using to increase
membership at state and national levels. Several states have
already adopted this strategy which has helped increase our
membership. See pages 4 and 5 in this newsletter for the latest
membership information about our three types of membership.
Your NAFEPA Board of Directors will be meeting soon for the
annual Fall Planning Workshop and Board Meeting. We want to
continue to grow and be able to meet the needs of our members.
Please forward your suggestions and/or concerns to your state
representatives on the Board, or you can send them to me. For
those of you from unaffiliated states, feel free to contact me
or any Board member. We really want to hear from you. I wish
for you a very successful school year, and I sincerely thank you
for being a member of NAFEPA!
Bobby Burns
President, NAFEPA
Foundation for Success:
Using Data to Enhance Student Achievement
By Rick Carder, NAFEPA Vice President
The title for the annual NAFEPA conference in
2008 is focused on a major theme for educators working with
federal education programs. The annual conference will be held
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. April 13 through
April 16, 2008. Our conference committee of Helen Adams, Betsy
Mierzwa, Margaret Mastin, Tom Sipe and Linda Cook has been
working diligently in providing a very exciting and worthwhile
conference agenda, and I am very pleased with how much we have
accomplished at such an early date.
Currently we have invited Dr. Douglas Reeves,
Chairman and Founder of Center for Performance Assessment to be
our opening morning keynote presenter. His schedule is available
and we are in the process of confirming him. Dr. Reeves will be
our keynoter for the entire morning session focusing on the
research and implementation of using data to close the
achievement gap. Feedback from last year’s conference told us
that our members wanted greater in-depth presentations from our
speakers, so we are meeting the needs of our conference
attendees.
Jack Jennings, President of the Center on
Education Policy, will be our keynote speaker focusing on the
reauthorization of NCLB. Mr. Jennings is one of the most
respected authorities on education as he was involved in
development of much of the ESEA legislation working with the
House of Representatives education committee. Under the
leadership of Mr. Jennings, the Center on Education Policy has
provided a true look at the implementation of NCLB over the past
five years with its comprehensive research and national case
studies of local school districts across the nation.
Stan Collender, the managing director in the
Washington D. C. office of Orvis Communications, will enlighten
and entertain us with where we are with the federal budgets. Mr.
Collender is seen regularly on MSNBC and has written numerous
articles in regard to federal budgets. He has been a well
received NAFEPA presenter in past years.
Our valued partner, the Brustein/Manasevit law
firm of Georgetown, will once again be providing us with an
overview on NCLB and reauthorization and other federal issues.
We will also be providing a variety of breakout sessions from
the U. S. Department of Education covering the topics of Title
II, NCLB legal perspectives, Office of the Inspector General,
Choice/SES, Title IV, and private schools.
We are developing the pre-conference which will
be held on Sunday, April 13, so keep visiting the
www.nafepa.org website for
information. We are planning on having the agenda and
registration information online by the middle of October. I am
extremely proud of the efforts of our conference committee, and
I know you will not be disappointed. Get registered early, and
we will see you in April!
No Child Left Behind Update
A new report on Title I was recently released by the Center on
Education Policy. It is called “Title I Funds: Who’s Gaining and
Who’s Losing, School Year 2007-2008 Update.” Key findings are
that for the past two years, Title I funding has been flat, and
a majority of states are unable to reserve the full amount of
funds required for school improvement under NCLB. You can find
the full report on the web page at
www.cep-dc.org. Jack
Jennings, frequent NAFEPA conference presenter ,heads up the
Center on Education Policy.
A new bill has been introduced in the U. S. Senate by
Governor Roy Barnes, Co-Chair for the Commission on No Child
Left Behind, and senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Mary Landrieu
(D-LA), and Norm Coleman (R-MN)—the All Students Can Achieve
bill. Included are many of the Commission’s recommendations for
the reauthorization of NCLB. The Commission gathered information
for 18 months and sent 75 recommendations to Congress as a
blueprint for reauthorization. The All Students Can Achieve bill
features many of the Commission’s proposals including these
three: 1) Improving Accountability and Data Systems - Improves
the accuracy and fairness of state accountability systems by
requiring states to track longitudinal achievement data on
individual students and allowing states to include achievement
growth in their AYP calculations; 2) Measuring Teacher
Effectiveness - States will use the same longitudinal data
systems that allow them to include student achievement growth in
AYP calculations to measure teacher effectiveness in the
classroom and to target professional development to the teachers
who need the most help; 3) Setting High American Standards -
National model standards and assessments will be available to
states who want to increase the rigor of their own standards and
assessments to ensure that all children graduate prepared for
college and the work place. The standards and assessments of
states that choose not to adopt the model national standards
will be compared to the national standards and the results will
be made public. For more information go to:
www.nclbcommission.org/
Ohio Association of
Administrators of State and
Federal Education Programs
OAASFEP --- 25 YEARS
By Everett Mann, Ohio Representative on
the NAFEPA Board of Directors
Administrative Assistant, Business and Planning, Hamilton City
School District
At our Spring conference in
April, 2008 we will recognize and celebrate our association’s 25
years of service and leadership to our Ohio members who work in
state and federal education programs. We will also look and plan
ahead for the next 25 years. Impossible you say because of our
rapidly changing world. True, but as a NAFEPA state affiliate we
will have the information and support to make necessary
adjustments. We also have 25 years of experience in making our
association work. Like NAFEPA, we have never had more resources
and members who want to understand state and federal education
programs and make them effective for the students and their
families that we serve. As a founding member of OAASFEP, its
president when we affiliated with NAFEPA in 1985, and the Ohio
representative on the NAFEPA Board, I offer what I believe are
some points to consider as we look ahead.
Change – In state and
federal education programs no year (or day) seems to be the
same. Someone from my office attends every state meeting on our
grants and grants processes and procedures. I attend meetings on
the state and federal budgets and plans for the next state and
federal budgets. I learned many years ago that the annual new
Title I coordinators’ meeting in Ohio is not just for new
administrators but where you learn about the state’s view of
state and federal grants priorities and how they are going to be
implemented and reviewed.
Relationships – Although
there are many new forms of communication, there remains a need
for face-to-face contact both formal and informal. In Ohio we
have a spring and fall conference and our Board meetings are
monthly unless they are not needed. For several years many of us
also saw each other at quarterly state urban school meetings.
It’s easier to clearly respond to questions when they are asked
face-to-face.
Communications – For many
of us the most difficult skill is listening, especially if we
don’t care for the speakers or their ideas. I try to be an
active listener and especially want to learn from legislators
and others who do not seem to have a favorable view of public
education. For most of my career, these have been the people who
have been in leadership positions in Ohio and at the federal
level. I’ve tried to consider what they are saying and see if
there are ways to take advantage of ideas and programs they
support. Both OAASFEP and NAFEPA have offered speakers that
represent a wide range of views.
Leadership – We are
fortunate that over the years both OAASFEP and NAFEPA have had
cultures of leadership where power has not been the goal.
Rather, our national and state governance structures and
practices have provided opportunities for the best thinking of
each of us to be contributed as we work toward achieving our
common goals. If you want to be on an OAASFEP or NAFEPA
committee or be considered to run for an office, you just need
to volunteer.
Services to Students – As
state and federal programs administrators it is easy to become
focused on regulations, finances, staffing, and assessment and
forget about the programs that are for services to students and
their families. At OAASFEP and NAFEPA conferences we have
included sessions on best practices programs and had students
speak and perform. As we look toward the future, we may want to
consider additional opportunities for students and their parents
at our conferences.
Humor – Most of us enjoy a
joke or political cartoon even when it is at our expense. We
recognize the irony in what we do and realize that politics
sometimes may be responsible for effective programs being
discontinued and different ones started. Few state and federal
programs administrators are whiners. We are too busy and it
often serves no purpose. At our conferences we provide
opportunities for stress relief with what we can do on the
difficult issues we face.
Thank you for allowing me to
share a few of my ideas on what makes OAASFEP and its
affiliation with NAFEPA effective. Our OAASFEP website is
http://www.oaasfep.net. We
invite your comments and participation as we go about our
important work.
NAFEPA IN 2007
WHO ARE WE? …… HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY?
Your national organization, NAFEPA, has reached
a membership status that was only dreamed about ten years ago.
We now count more than 2,500 members from 41 states, and only
four years ago, we were happy to reach 1,300. How did this
happen? To what do we attribute such national interest in NAFEPA?
Here is a partial list:
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Your Board of Directors, Officers, and
Executive Committee have been working very diligently to
increase membership, and we are happy to see that the seeds
planted to reach potential members are starting to grow.
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Your state organizations are expanding their
membership bases through excellent conferences, training,
and workshops, and through effective person to person
communication.
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NAFEPA has had several years of outstanding
Washington DC conferences, and the partnership with Brustein
and Manasevit has been extremely useful to our members. The
law firm continually promotes NAFEPA membership.
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Members indicate that the NAFEPA newsletter
and the web site provide them with important and up to date
information about federal education programs. In addition,
Board members send out the Monday News to many state members
so that all can stay on top of the latest happenings.
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NCLB has created a new focus on federal
education, and there is general recognition that everyone
has to stay tuned to where it is going. No state can afford
to be left behind. NAFEPA wants to be part of setting the
direction.
Read on and find your spot in NAFEPA
membership:
To our 2,107 JOINT MEMBERS FROM 11 STATES
(83% of NAFEPA): Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas,
Virginia
We commend these states for taking the big step
of endorsing Joint Membership. This means that everyone who
joins the state organization is also a member of NAFEPA.
California pioneered this plan in the 1970s, and Nevada
followed, but until the past year, all other states continued
with Choice Membership. We are very pleased to have 83% of our
members from states with unified membership—state and national.
The cost to the state for NAFEPA membership is $50 per member.
Most states charge additionally for state membership, but some
do not, and several states include membership with conference
registration. Among those 2,107 members, however, are
individuals who joined NAFEPA directly at $100 apiece. In the
future, we will consider ways to include them in state
membership. Joint Member states range in numbers of members from
764 in Texas to Nevada with 24. Most are over 100 members which
means they have two representatives on the NAFEPA Board of
Directors.
To our 319 CHOICE MEMBERS FROM 7 STATES
(13% of NAFEPA): Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wisconsin
Although the percentage of membership in this
group is not large, some of these states have been part of
NAFEPA for many years. We know that at least three of the seven
are considering Joint Membership, but NAFEPA can and will work
with whatever is best for each state. Choice membership costs
$85 for each NAFEPA member, and what it means is that state
educators have a choice of joining their state group or a
combination of the state and NAFEPA. The size of membership in
this group of states ranges from 105 in Pennsylvania to 12 in
Louisiana. The states have one representative on the Board, and
Pennsylvania now has two.
To our 67 DIRECT MEMBERS FROM 8 STATES (3%
of NAFEPA): Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New York,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington
This is an important group of states even though
their percentage of members in NAFEPA is low. They are all
affiliates of NAFEPA though because they have at least 5
members, and they each have one representative on the Board of
Directors. However, Colorado, Missouri, New York, and Washington
are actively involved with organizing their state associations
which they do not presently have. We need to commend Mary
McGrane (CO), Sandra Pettit (MO), Christian Johnson (NY), and
Bob Harmon (WA) for moving in this direction. Colorado will
likely be the first to finish the procedure which can get quite
complicated in terms of setting up a non profit organization and
ways to follow state rules as well as those of the IRS. The
NAFEPA Board is assisting, and we hope to have a clear set of
guidelines by this fall. You will be hearing more about the
process in the near future.
To our 30 MEMBERS FROM 19 STATES THAT
COULD BE REPRESENTED ON OUR BOARD (1% of NAFEPA): Alaska,
Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
Scattered among these 19 states are only 30
NAFEPA members at this time,. But, in some states, we have had
enough members in the past to have a spot on the Board (Arizona,
Connecticut, Georgia, and New Mexico). However, membership is
not stable, and what is needed in each state is someone to take
the lead in keeping membership active and involved. We encourage
the states that are close to meeting the 5 member goal to
recruit more members, and NAFEPA can assist. Brustein and
Manasevit can help too— by scheduling one day conferences on
NCLB and federal regulations in selected states with NAFEPA as a
partner. We are doing the first one in Colorado, so hopefully,
we will have others planned for 2008.
To the friends and colleagues of NAFEPA
MEMBERS in these 5 states: Hawaii, Maine, Iowa, Nebraska, South
Dakota
We do not have any NAFEPA members in these five
states. We have had none in the past ten years— and maybe not in
NAFEPA’s existence. Perhaps the assistance educators get from
their state departments is sufficient in regard to federal
programs, but we are anxious to reach potential members in these
states.
We invite YOU—our 2,530 members—to personally
invite your friends, relatives, and colleagues who are involved
in federal education programs in states of low or no membership
join NAFEPA. Send us names and mailing addresses, and we will
send your referrals copies of this newsletter and last month’s
with a note from you. We will then enter your name in monthly
drawings for prizes that will include free registration at the
April conference in Washington DC. See page 7 and the Members
Only web page for sending us referrals.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NAFEPA FOR NEW MEMBERS
In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed a new
federal education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA), and as the No Child Left Behind Act today, it
continues to play a large role in the lives of educators. Title
I was known as Compensatory Education in 1965, and it is
interesting to note that some states still use that term.
Several states had strong state organizations to assist with the
state and regional education groups, and there was a strong
commitment to supporting disadvantaged children through a
national organization of some type. Federal educators were
interested in legislation, programs, funding, and making sure
that programs were there for the students that were most in
need. That is how NAFEPA came to be.
The creators of NAFEPA were : Ralph Steffek and
Jim Linderman from Michigan; Virginia Brown, Kurt Lile, and
George Perry from California; and Wilbur Gerst from New York. We
all owe a huge debt of gratitude to these educators of the 1970s
for they were intent on keeping Title I and ESEA moving along
for the benefit of children. They realized that increased
visibility from the field was important in the place where it
mattered the most―in Washington DC. They believed that a unified
voice from districts, small and large, was what was needed in
the nation's capital.
The first gathering of the new organization was
held in 1974 in San Francisco, California. A name was selected
for the group—the National Association of Administrators of
State and Federal Education Programs, with NAFEPA designated as
the acronym. The first president was the New York
representative, Wilbur Gerst. The first states to affiliate with
the new organization were New York, Michigan, California,
Colorado, Florida, Rhode Island, Texas, Louisiana and
Pennsylvania. From that day forward, members ventured out of
their regional and state organizations and became affiliated
with NAFEPA in a national effort.
Those first NAFEPA leaders could not have
envisioned that the organization they began in 1974 would
involve more than 2,500 members across the nation in 2007. We
are grateful for what they gave us—now it is our task to build
for the next three decades and more!
Welcome to Our New NAFEPA
Members
Alabama: Deann Stone; Arkansas:
Shawn Halbrook; California: Jessica Aceves, Janice
Barricklow, Carla Bason, Joan Berry, Greg Blanco, Meg Brooks,
Ron Bryant, Heather Cameron, John Dean, Fiane Filice, Ann
Granados, Julie Hoskins, Robert Hubbell, Faye Johnson, Katarin
Jurich, Cindy Lathrop, Debby Lum, Venus Manuel, Martha Martinez,
Karen Phillips, Rosa Romero, Ilene Straus, Brian Tash, Wendy
Tukloff, Jody Tyndall, Melissa Villa, Laura Villalonos-Osey,
Victor Villar, Jennifer Weiting, Sandra Whitlock, John Wilder;
New Jersey: Susan Benevento, Ellen Calderone, Clara
Devine, Brenda Grant, Mary Gruccio, Michelle NcGettigan, Mary
Ann Napolitan, Diane Saunders, Carol Trojan, Varda Wendroff;
Oklahoma: Trudy Green; Pennsylvania: Annette Powelko,
Lisa Rowley, Julie Schumacher, Judith Scott, Janet Serino,
Sharon Shadle, Denise Shipe, Wesley Shipley, Tammy Soltis,
Deborah Sturm, Patricia Thomas, Susan Ursprung, Pamela Webreck,
John Wega; Texas: Ane Marie Farthing, Leslie Faught,
David Faver, Madelyn Ferina, Donna Fernandez, Patti Fletcher,
Elizabeth Flores, Jeff Flores, Jose M. Flores, Mariaelena
Flores, Susan Foley, Whitney Fowler, Karol French, Melba
Fuentes, Elizabeth Gallardo, Gloria Gallegos, Gabriela Gamboa,
Alice Garcia, Ismael Garcia, Lamar M. Garcia, Maria Rosas
Garcia, Mary Garcia, Margaret Gardzina, Marshal Garland, Sherry
Garrard, Christina Garza, Bertha Garza, Ray Garza, Betsy A.
Geery, Linda Herhart, Melvin Getwood, Anita Gholson, Lanny
Gilley, Maria Glasgow, Leigh Ann Glaze, Gordon Gloria, Patricia
Gomez, Farrah Gomez, Fernando Gomez, Lorraine Gomez, Juanita
Gonzales, Maria Gonzales, Richard Gonzales, Delores Gonzalez,
Diana Gonzalez, Ofelia C. Gonzalez, Oralia Gonzales, Rosa Maria
Gonzales, Rosalinda Gonzalez, Sylvia Gonzalez, Teresa Gonzales,
Carolyn Gordon, Jason Gossett, Diane Gough, Stacey Grant,
Paulette Graves, Cathy Gray, Maria B. Green, Sherry Green, Terri
Green, Gwen Robinson Greene, Lynn Grell-Boethel, Susie Grider,
Barbara Grona, Kathy Groppel, Betty Grubbs, Carlos Guerra, Alma
D. Guerrero, Pamela Guettner, Ann Gunning, Christina Gutierrez,
Corina Gutierrez, Leticia Gutierrez, Nora Gutierrez, Olga
Gutierrez, Rick Gutierrez,Rosie Hale, Sherry Hall, Jan Halstead,
Rosalind Handman, Melissa Hardy, Brenda Harris, Amy Harsha,
Catherine Hart, Ruth Haynes, Rena Heard, Glenda Heil, Debbie
Henderson, Kathy Henderson, Cheri Herbrich, Angel Hernandez,
Eden Hernandez, Irma Hernandez, Janie Hernandez, Leonor
Hernandez, Librado Hernandez, Irma C. Herrera, Jill Herring,
Vicki Hibbs, Holly Hickey, Aundrea B. Hickman, Melissa Hicks,
Sarah Hilbum, Jan Hill, Debbie Hines, Elaine Hitzfelder, Debbie
Hobgood, Mary Hodge, Vicki Holland, Christy Holy, Natalie Hooey,
Dorleen Hooten, Darlene Huckaby, Joanie Hudson, Sharla Hudspeth,
Sigi Huerta, Tony Huey, Beverly Huffman, Janet Huffstickler, Eva
Hughes, Lynette Hughes, Michelle Hughes, Andrea Hunerford, Cindy
Hutcherson, Idalia Ibanez, Sylvia Ibarra, Angela Iglehart-Woods,
Jean Isaly, Leonila Izaguirre, B. Esther Jacabo, Ruby Jackson,
Lynda Jaggers, Terri James, Karen Jennings, Delhma A. Jetton,
Jeff Johnson, Marsha Johnson, Marcus T. Jones, Terri K. Jordan,
Elia M. Juarez, Rolyne Kafka, Debbie Kalisek, Ruth Kane, Joy
Kanyo, Robert Keener, Mary A. Kemp, Sally Kemper, Sherry Kenner,
Vickie-Lynn Kennerk, Karla Kessler, Carl Key, Michelle Kibbles,
Kathy Kilcrease, Jo Shaw Kiley, Paul Kimbrough, Kimber Knight,
Melissa Koop, Kristy Kostelich, Patsy Kotzur, Susan Kovacs,
Sherri Kreg, Teresa Kreger, Mark Kroschel, Sowmya Kumar, Anid
Kuyatt, Jan LaCour, Elizabeth Lalor, Mary Lance, Liesa Land,
Janet Laughter, Carolyn Lee, Deann Lee, Margaret Lee, K. Fritz
Leifeste, Jerry Leinart, Angela Lengefeld, Mari Lester, Myrtle
Lewis-Fikes, Oscar Leza, Malinda Lindsey, Judy Lisewsky, Helen
Lloyd, Allen Neil Lockett, Sarah Long, Monica Lopez, Robert
Lopez, Emily Lorenz, Sandy Louder, Vickie Luckenbach, Aurora E.
Lujan, Richard Luna, Teresa Luna-Taylor, Julie Lyons, Connie
Mabe, Brenda Mabery, Debbie Magoulick, Paulette Manning,
Kimberley Margoitta, Donna Marhoun, Carol Marlar, Becca Marsh,
Doreen Marshall, Carolyn A. Martin, Donna Martin, Kimberly
Martin, Camilo Martinez, Cynthia Martinez, Diana Martinez, Maria
Martinez, Wilfredo Mata, Allison Matney, Ray Mathews, Mary Beth
Matula, Anthony Mayhan, Donna McAda, Pauline McClendon, Shelley
McDowell, Shelle’McMillan, Dave McNeill, Martha L. Medina, Rose
Mary Medina, Patricia Melton, Cherie Meroney, Peter John
Messiah, Paul Michalewicz, Linda Mitchel, Karin Miller, Belinda
Mitchell, Mayra Molina, Enrique Montalvo, Rachel Moon, Teresa
Moore, Tatiana Morales, Ella Moreauz, Luule Moreno, Betty
Morgan, Karen A. Morgan, Mary Ellen Morin , Jamie Morris, Jeana
Moss, Jo Ann Muldrew, Emma Munguia, Abel Munoz, Connie Munoz,
Linda S. Murray, Dru Ann Mushlian, Shiela Neal, Rose Mary
Neshyba, Diana Newton, Karleen Noake, Marilyn Nolan, Kathy
Northcutt, David Norton, Doug Oakes, Robin Oberg, Noemi Ochoa,
Lou Ann Olson, Kaye Orr, Annette Ortega, Gladys Ortega, Cathy
Oshel, Carrie Overby, Hugo A. Padilla, Heather Parr, Judith A.
Pate, Cheri Patterson, Billie sue Payne, Sheri Pentecost, Carols
Perales, Donna Perez, Elaine Perez, Rosemary G. Perez, J. C.
Perez III, Amy Perkins, Steve Peterson, Myra Pettit, Melodye
Pieniazek, Isabella Pina-Hinajoza, Linda Pirtle, Terry Pittman,
Nanette Power, Rebecca Quiett, Eliza Racanelli, Dorma Ramirez,
Luz Elena Ramirez, Carmen E. Ramon, Julio C. Ramos, Maryann
Ramos, Carol Rangel, Marva Rasberry, Marla Rea, Penny Redell,
Janet Reeves, Signe Reeves, Allison Rentfro, Roni Louise Rentfro,
Patty Reyes, Margarita Reyna, Rene’Reyna, Wally Reyna, Yolanda
Reyna, Thelma Reynolds, Stan Rhone, Alicia Richmond, Jeanna
Ridout, Joe Rios, Linda Rivera, Linda Roberts, Alicia Rocha,
Armando Rodriquez, Rosaura Rodriquez, Meredith Rokas, Keith Wynn
Rolf, Nancy Folla, Eleazar J. Romero, Richard Romero, Linda
Roper, Yvette J. Rosales, Sandra Rose, Johnny Ross, Leslie Ross,
Linda Rowland, Sandra Rubio, Judy Rudebusch, Gene Ruiz, Anne
Rusher, Orlando Salazar, Steven Saldivar, Bonnie Salinas, Delma
Salinas, Bill Salmon, Patricia Salmon, Ruben Sanchez, Audrey
Sanders, Debby Sanders, Karen Sanders, Mary G. Sanderson, Debbie
Satcher, Richard Savage, Judy Schilhab, Dawn Schiller, Janet
Schmidt, Janis Schroeder, Susan Schultz, Andria Schur, Lori
Seelig, Linda Sekula, Maureen Self, Rita Self, Cheryl Shamberger,
Michele Shampoe, David Shea, Mary Shearrer, Robert Shelton, Kay
Shoppa, Toni Sides, Norma Sierra, Debbie Sikes, Jill Siler,
Diana L. Silvas, Charlene Simpson, Linda Simpson-Jones, Ernest
Singleton, Amy Sloan, Heather Smalley, David Smith, Alice Smith,
Lauren Smith, Lucy Smith, Otis Smith, Patricia Smith, Rebecca
Smith, Sherry Smith, Vivian Smyrl, Ignacio Sotelo, Sharon South,
Kel Spradling, Marjetta Spriggs, Joyce Sprott, Cindy Stamps, Dan
Stanley, Robert Steeber, Jane Stephenson, Linda Stevens, Sandra
Stoever, Laura Strube, Donna Suggitt, Donna Summers, Peggy
Swafford, Yadira Taboada, Linda Thomas, Rexanne Thomas, Bob
Thompson, Alice Thompson, Judy Thompson, Lisalotte Thompson,
Sherrie Thornhill, Rachel Thurman-Monday, Debora Tinnin, Carolyn
Todd, Cindy Todd, Elva Torres, Lynn Powell Torres, Alan Towler,
Paula Traynham, Joel Trevino, Vanessa Trevino, Daniel Treveno
Jr., Becky Trojcak, Susan Trollinger, Kim Tunnell, Gerry Tupaz,
Rhonda Turner, Elea Uraga, Claudia Ureno-Olivas, Martha
Valencia, Gloria Valle, Dick Van Hoose, Pamela VanDeaver, Gloria
Vargas, Rene Vargas, Roxane Vasquez, Sr. Caroline Vasquez, Maria
M. Vidaurri, Heriberto Villarreal, Rumond A./ Vallarreal, Betty
Vines, Victor Vinton, Micky Virdell, Marcy Voss, Linda Wade,
Linda Wadleigh, Lois Wagley, Jeff Wagner, Janet Walker, Mike
Wallace, Missy Walley, Mary E. Walraven, Vicky Wailton, Delores
Warnell, Ellie Washington, Wanda Washington, Marsha Watson,
Walter Watson, Dina Webb, Glenda Weddle, Cheryl Wesley, Steve
West, Lela Westbrook, Susan White, Denise Whitley, Sandy
Whitlow, Bonnie Williams, Holly Williams, Jo Williams, Kathy
Williams, Larry Williams, Tonya Willis, Susan Wise, Jessi Wong,
Janie Wright, Gary Wuest, Beverly Wyatt, Melissa Wynn, Manuelita
Yanez, Sigrid Yates, Donna Yost, Kendall Young, Tessie Young,
Dora Zapata, Rosa Zapata, Pam Zoda
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBER ON THE NAFEPA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Denise Ling, South Carolina. And we
welcome Patrick Detterbeck back to the Board representing
Pennsylvania now that they have surpassed the 100 member marker
and therefore can have two members on the Board.
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NAFEPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
Alabama:
Karen Jensen: 256-852-7073;
kjensen@madison.k12.al.us
Margaret Mastin: 256-582-3171;
mastinma@marshallk12.org
Arkansas:
Anita Farver: 870-543-4236;
afarver@pbsd.k12.ar.us
Marilyn Chambers: 870-853-9851;
mchamber@hca.sesc.k12.ar.us
California:
Terry Larsen:
626-308-2251;
larsen_terry@alhambra.k12.ca.us
Linda Cook: 916-263-8258;
lcook@nssd.k12.ca.us
Colorado:
Mary McGrane: 970-352-7404;
mmcgrane@cboces.org
Florida:
Robert Pugh: 386-329-0543;
pugh_b1@firm.edu
Illinois:
JB Culbertson: 309-672-6754;
jb.culbertson@psd150.org
Louisiana:
Annette Jennings:
985-651-0969;
ajennings@stjohn.k12.la.us
Maryland:
Chrisandra Richardson:
301-230-0660;
chrisandra_richardson@mcpsmd.org
Massachusetts:
Paul Zinni:
508-588-0230; pzinni@tmlp.com
Michigan:
Glenda Virden: 734-495-0797;
virdeng@comcast.net
Marie Miller: 313-297-9600;
millerm24@comcast.net
Minnesota:
Dale Zellmer: 763-506-1120;
dale.zellmer@anoka.k12.mn.us
Mississippi:
Peggy Rogers:
662-244-5001;
drpjrogers@cs.com
Missouri:
Sandra Pettit: 816-413-5067;
sipettit@nkcsd.k12.mo.us
Nevada:
D. Terry Lizotte:
702-799-8630;
terry@interact.ccsd.net
New Jersey:
Daniel Loggi:
609-646-0109; dlogedd@aol.com
New York:
Christian Johnson:
917-710-1913;
xtnjohnson@gmail.com
North Carolina:
Helen Adams:
919-772-4009;
helenadams1@earthlink.net
Oklahoma:
Tom Sipe: 580-767-8000;
sipet@poncacity.k12.ok.us
Ohio:
Everett C. Mann III:
513-887-5000;
hasa_em@swoca.net
Pennsylvania:
Jim Sheffer:
717-309-9383; jsheffer@aol.com
Patrick Detterbeck: 987-8490-4030;
patdet@berksiu.org
Rhode Island:
Patricia Dubois:
401-767-4614;
rid25595@ride.ri.net
South Carolina:
Denise Ling:
843-899-5051;
deniseling@berkeley.k12.sc.us
Texas:
Gloria Williams: 512-414-0113;
gwillms@austinisd.org
Mitzi Doggett: 903-845-6991;
doggettm@gladewaterisd.com
Virginia:
Betsy Mierzwa: 540-946-4600;
bmierzwa@waynesboro.kl2.va.us
Washington:
Robert Harmon:
360-725-6170;
bobharmon@k12.wa.us
Wisconsin:
John Pfaff: 920-459-3596;
jpfaff@sheboygan.k12.wi.us
This newsletter was prepared by: Elizabeth Pinkerton
If you are in an unaffiliated state, contact me
elizabeth.pinkerton@frontiernet.net
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