SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK

Minutes of the School Board Special Meeting
February 12, 2007
Recognition Ceremony

PRESENT: Chair Bishop, Vice Chair Rhodes, Mr. Cook, Dr. McCluney, Dr. Tonelson, Dr. Wright, Dr. Jones, and Clerk Rhodes.

The School Board convened the recognition ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Ruffner Middle School, located at 610 May Avenue.  Mr. Bishop welcomed those assembled and turned the meeting over to Clerk Rhodes for reading OF the commendations.

1. VSBA, School Board member appreciation month
2. School Counselors, Joyce Beamon, Senior Coordinator, Resolution declaring Virginia School Counseling Week, Feb. 5-9, 2007
3. Karen Rogers was selected by the National Science Teachers Association to present, Teaching Science Through Literature, at the national conference.
4. Andrea Tottossy was selected by the Virginia State Reading Association to participate on a panel of “distinguished Virginia educators” to discuss the topic, “How to Turn Your School Around:  The Role of Literacy.”  The State Superintendent will moderate the panel.
5. Rena’ Toomey has been asked to work with aspiring educators at Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, England, regarding music education.
6. D’Andrea Chapman, National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) as of January 2007 notification.
7. Micaiah Cheeks, Rosemont Middle-7th grader, accepted into the People to People Leadership Forum, a program to fulfill the vision of Dwight D. Eisenhower had for fostering world citizenship when he founded People to People during his presidency in 1956.
8. Cohort One Gifted Endorsement Group completed 4 graduate level courses in the area of Gifted Education through the College of William and Mary. Instructor Dr. Elissa Brown of the College of William and Mary is present this evening.



• Sherry Bailey – Willard
• Altoya Brinkley – Jacox
• Beverly Butler – Ruffner
• Andrea Disney – BTW
• Marquita Fulford – Jacox
• Janet Ficca – Northside Middle
• Melissa Garza – Jacox
• Alma Hilbert – BTW
• Stuart Jones – Granby High
• Marilin Kirkby – Larchmont
• Zsazim Martin – Taylor
• Sandra Masterman – Willard
• Marlo Moore – Young Park
• Barbara Patterson – Ruffner
• Anna Pedos  – Ruffner Academy
• Tanya Reid – Azalea Gardens
• Deborah Reynolds – Calcott and Larrymore
• Valija Rose – BTW and Maury
• Krystal Salaam – Ingleside
• Shelly Parks – Lafayette-Winona
• Florentina Sipin – St. Helena
• Maria Vicens – Granby High
• Denita Wright – Little Creek
• Jaquelyn Wyman – Lafayette


9. Dreamkeepers Academy principal Dr. Doreatha White and students in Patricia Costis’ English Avant Garde class received a Star Award from the Urban League of Hampton Roads Young Professionals for their commitment to diversity.  Recently, the students gave an astonishing performance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s, “I Have a Dream” speech at the Urban League’s Martin Luther King breakfast. Students were Corey Whitaker, Cameron Watford, William Allen, and Brenyan Gallop.
10. John Ehlers, News Channel 3 Community Star
11. Granby High School Future Business Leaders of America (Jennifer Lanz, sponsor), Nicole LaDue—2nd Place Public Speaking and Elaine Iglesias and Meredith Yarborough, 1st place in Multimedia Presentations
12. Instructional Technology Resource Teachers, Completion of PBS TeacherLine/ISTE NETS-T Certification Capstone Program. The instructor for the Instructional Technology Specialists was Sharon Hurwitz.



• Brenda Alluisi
• Kimberly Barrett
• Lenora Diane Blowe
• Christopher Bracey
• Jennifer Durkin
• Shari Gomez
• Lennette Hillian
• Denise Luc
• Deborah Marshall
• Kenneth Mayer
• Marice Minor
• Mary Norris
• Bert Rakestraw
• JoAnn Vourlas
• Carolyn Wheatfall


13. Debra Kamrath earned the School Foodservice & Nutrition Specialist (SPNS) credential from the School Nutrition Association (SNA)
14. Dr. Barbara Laws was selected by the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA) to facilitate a leadership training retreat for the VAEA Board of Directors that provided the association’s new strategic plan.
15. Regina Davis, Facilitating the NPS Mentoring Program, which earned the 2007 Award for the Most Outstanding Mentoring Program in the State from the Virginia Mentoring Association
16. The Norfolk Technical Center, Mr. William Davis, Principal, received from the Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Foundation a check for $25,000 to be applied to the health care training programs at NTC.
17. John “Sam” Padgett, Larchmont, 5th grade, accepted to the National Center for Early Academic Excellence for its National Young Scholars Program
18. Sarah Peoples-Perry, principal of Campostella, YWCA recognition and award for her outstanding contribution to the YMCA Community Service Program
19. Poplar Halls Elementary School students Jackson Payne, 1st place who placed 1st in the citywide science fair, in the Physical Science category with an investigation on how different colored light bulbs affect the evaporation of water and Absana Gibson, Demeatrey James, Bradley Haljendi, and Romelo McKiver 2nd place, For winning second place in the citywide science fair in the Environmental Science category by testing how pollutants on school grounds impacted plant growth.
20. School Plant Facilities Winners of Cleanest Schools awards from GCA Services Group and School Plant for the months of October, November, and December.



• October: Easton Preschool--Robert Foreman, Ruffner Academy--Brian Gregory, Norview High--Clifton Lamb


• November: Stuart ECC--Louis Cuffee, Lafayette-Winona Middle--Nannie Carter, Norview High School--Clifton Lamb


• December: Stuart ECC--Louis Cuffee, School of International Studies at Meadowbrook--Reginald Holmes, Booker T. Washington High School--Randolph Slater

The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Minutes approved by the School Board: February 21, 2007