JOINT CONFERENCE 2004 PHOTO GALLERY

Arlington High School Madrigal Singers serenade the Friday Leadership Luncheon crowd. 2004 All-State School Committee. Top row: Joshua Sanderski (Leominster, Div. IV), Pam Richardson (Framingham, Div. II), Marie Christie (Stoneham, Div. I), MASC President Paul Schlichtman. Front row: Ed Hill (Greater Fall River, Div. VIII), Augusto Costa (Old Colony, Div. III), Gail LaBelle (Ludlow, Div. V), Rose Merritt (Upper Cape Cod, Div. VII) Student VICA Gold Star Champions: (left to right) Robert Lamica, Smith Voc., Patrick Barbrick, Bristol-Plymouth, Kerry Meister, Minuteman Voc., MASC President Paul Schlichtman Commissioner David Driscoll rallies the Keynote audience with the good news on MCAS scores and good luck wishes for a Red Sox sweep. Dr. Marylou Buyse explains some of the factors driving up the costs of health care/health insurance at the Friday All-Star Panel. Upper Cape Cod Voc. Superintendent Barry Motta, Monty Tech. School Committee member Sunnie Epstein, and MASC President-Elect Ken Pereira, Upper Cape Cod Voc. School Committee Congressman James McGovern share federal perspective on the future of education and funding. MASC Vice President Maurice Hancock (Brockton) and daughter Julie, the lead plaintiff in the education equity lawsuit Hancock v. Driscoll discuss the case. A member of the Arlington High School Honors Orchestra Framingham school committee member Pam Richardson (left) and Cambridge school committee member Nancy Walser (right). Dr. Douglas Reeves discusses the importance and successful strategies around meaningful administrator evaluations. MASC Immediate Past President Carol LePrevost, congratulates Bernard Hoar, a member of the Shawsheen Voc. Tech. School Committee and her colleague on the MASC Technology Committee, on his election to Life Membership. MASC President Paul Schlichtman presents the Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill award to METCO Executive Director (and former Boston School Committee members) Jean McGuire at the Friday Leadership Lunch. Students from the Milton High School Orchestra ushered in the Keynote Dinner guests Oakmont High School (Ashburnham-Westminster) students perform at the Awards Dinner October 28. National school safety expert (and Northeastern University professor) Jack Levin outlines strategies for addressing youth violence. Division IX Chair Ogretta McNeil addresses the Delegate Assembly on the Value Added Assessment Resolution, sponsored by the Worcester School Committee. MA Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) Assistant Director Karen Vigue discusses the Just for the Kids database website with conference attendees Avon teachers show off the district’s “Freedom Trail” program during Share the Success! Worcester Superintendent Jim Caradonio explains how Value Added Assessment can enhance student achievement. Former WBZ host and Blue Cross Blue Shield Executive Vice President Peter Meade moderates the All Star Health Care panel.

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