ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arnold Fege, director of public engagement and national constituency building for the Public Education Network in Washington, D.C., served as a judge for the American School Board Journal's Magna Awards 2006 contest. Fege is a nationally recognized expert on parent and community involvement in public school reform.
The judges selected 15 winners and six honorable mention awards from almost 350 applicants in the 12th annual contest. The 2006 winners are highlighted in a special supplement to the April issue of ASBJ and will be formally recognized on Monday, April 10, at the School Leaders Luncheon at The Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Ill. The luncheon is part of National School Boards Association's 66th annual conference scheduled for April 8-11 in Chicago.
The Magna Awards, presented with the support of Sodexho School Services, recognize districts across the country for outstanding programs that advance student learning and encourage community involvement in schools.
American School Board Journal initiated the Magna Awards in 1995 to recognize school boards for taking bold and innovative steps to improve their educational programs. This year's applicants came from 40 states; districts in 11 states were winners or honorable mention recipients.
American School Board Journal (www.asbj.com) is the award-winning, editorially independent education magazine of NSBA. Founded in 1891, ASBJ covers a broad range of topics pertinent to school governance and management, policy making, student achievement, and the art of school leadership. In addition, regular departments cover education news and trends, school law, research, communications, facilities, and technology.
Sodexho USA (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States, with $6.3 billion in annual revenue and more than 110,000 employees. Sodexho USA offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset management, and laundry services to more than 6,000 corporations, health care, long-term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military, and remote sites in North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho USA proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Public Education Network (www.PublicEducation.org) is a national association of local education funds and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country.Our network of local education funds (LEFs) operates in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, serving 11.5 million students -- that's 22 percent of America's public school population -- in 18,000 schools in more than 1,600 school districts in low-income areas. In addition, PEN's international affiliates serve over 7,000,000 children in Mexico, Peru and the Philippines. PEN seeks to build public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children. PEN believes community engagement is the missing ingredient in school reform, and that the level of public involvement ultimately determines the quality of education provided by public schools.
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CONTACTS: Glenn Cook, NSBA, 703-838-6234, gcook@nsba.org
Bonnie Gordon, 301-987-4337, Bonnie.Gordon@sodexhoUSA.com
Media Contact: See above.
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