February 2007
Dear NAFEPA Members:
Happy New Year! I believe this year has the
potential to become one of the best years we
have ever known in the history of NAFEPA.
Your Board of Directors, executive
committee, and the various other committees
are focused on providing all members with
first class professional development
opportunities as we present you with
information that will be helpful to you in
continuing to implement the No Child Left
Behind Act.
Last year the membership
committee recommended that we recognize
individuals who have served as leaders and
supporters of NAFEPA. In honor of their
contributions we began a tradition of naming
Honorary and Emeritus members of our
association. This year our new Honorary
member is Dr. Jacqueline Jackson. Jackie is
currently serving as the director of the
Student Achievement and School
Accountability Programs for the U. S.
Department of Education, but she will be
retiring soon. She has been a strong
supporter of NAFEPA and our efforts to serve
our nation's children. Our new Emeritus
members are Mary S. Scott from Arkansas and
Leo Brown from Alabama. Mary served as
President of NAFEPA from 1992-1994. Leo
served on the Board of Directors for many
years and was instrumental in establishing
the Alabama affiliate. You will find
additional information on the three
individuals on our web page, and they will
be recognized at the March conference.
Congratulations to these fine folks and to
our association for recognizing their
contributions.
As part of our annual
conference agenda, we schedule a time for
our members to visit the offices of their
senators and representatives. This time is
set aside for us to share with them and
their staffs the successes and challenges we
have in implementing NCLB. In an effort to
make sure we provide you with the most up to
date information concerning visits to
Capitol Hill, we asked Sheara Krvaric, an
attorney with the Brustein and Manasevit Law
Firm to prepare a brief guide for our
members. I know you will find this article
to be very informative. Sheara will be
joined by several of our members on Tuesday
morning of the conference to provide
additional resources for the Hill Visits.
I hope to see many of you at our annual
conference March 11-14, 2007, at the Crystal
City Hyatt. Rick Carder and the conference
committee have worked very hard to bring us
some of the top leaders in education. The
schedule is on page 2 of this newsletter.
For additional information go to our website
www.nafepa.org. See you in DC!
Bobby Burns, President, NAFEPA
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