JOINT CONFERENCE 2006 PHOTO GALLERY

Exhibitors welcome conference participants at the Wednesday Exhibitor Reception Waiting for the start of the 2006 Annual Meeting: Life Member George Kouloheras, MASC Past President Roberta Doering (Agawam School Committee), Division I Chair Debra Bibeau (Amesbury), and MASC Vice President Ellen Furtado (Swansea) Delegates review resolutions and accompanying materials Secretary-Treasurer Nancy Walser (Cambridge) presents the 2005-06 Financial Report to the Delegates. Division V Chair Rosemary Sandlin (Agawam) is congratulated by MASC Secretary-Treasurer Nancy Walser on her election to the State Legislature the previous day. MASC President Maurice Hancock, Winthrop School Committee member Patricia Milano, House Ways and Means Chair Robert DeLeo, and John Macero, Winthrop School Committee member, honoring DeLeo as Legislator of the Year. Representative Cleon Turner, who was also one of this year's Legislator of the Year honorees, in appreciation of his work on behalf of regional schools and regional funding. Somerville School Committee member Mary Jo Rossetti speaks to Resolution 1 (Transitory Student Enrollment), sponsored by the Somerville School Committee. Pat Francomano, a member of the King Philip Regional School Committee, raises a question. Counting the votes MASS Director of Professional Development/Government Relations Paul Andrews, MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan, congratulate newly elected Life Member Mary Contalonis (Woburn). Immediate Past President Ken Pereira (Upper Cape Voc. Tech.), Esther Hopkins, South Middlesex Reg. Voc. School Committee, and Education Commissioner David Driscoll. The Barnstable Vocal Jazz Ensemble entertained guests at the Keynote Dinner on Wednesday. MASS President Christine McGrath (Superintendent, Tewksbury) and MASC President Maurice Hancock (Brockton School Committee) congratulate the SkillsUSA gold medal winners. Thursday General Session Speaker Kati Haycock Students from Southeastern Reg. Voc. Tech. sponsored the Conference CyberCafe and were on site to help attendees check email and navigate the web. MASC President Maurice Hancock and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Tim Murray, who brought greetings to the Thursday lunch attendees and promised to continue his record of strong support for public education. Paul Harrington, associate director, Center for Labor/Market Studies at Northeastern University, shared insights on the changing labor market and the impact on K-12 learning and achievement. Division IX Chair Ogretta McNeil (Worcester) Former WBZ anchor Suzanne Bates coaches members on how to communicate more effectively and build on their role as leaders at the Friday General Session. Members of the Southeastern Regional Vocational School Committee: Standing: Mindy Kempner, George Eichorn; Seated (left to right): Chris DeLeo, Eric Green, Winifred Petkunas, Bob Sullivan, Wayne McAllister Friday Leadership Lunch took a moment to honor those serving on the front lines in the Middle East. Sam Poulten, a member of the Nashoba Vocational School Committee, who is also a Colonel in the Army Reserves and has served two tours in Iraq, played taps.     MASC President Maurice Hancock and the MASC 2006 Lifetime Achievement and All-State School Committee Honorees Theresa Cardoso, Somerville Joseph Crowley, Woburn Kenneth Cuddeback, Deerfield Paul Denver, Needham Philip Dinsky, Framingham Thomas Leddy, South Middlesex Reg. Vocational Joseph Valarioti, Assabet Valley Voc. Marjorie Wojcik, Chicopee Charles LaBella, Division I, Whittier Voc. Tech. School Committee Marie Altieri, Division II, Acton-Boxborough School Committee Linda Enos, Division III, Old Colony Vocational School Committee Mary Ellen Prencipe, Division IV, Southbridge School Committee Nat Fortune, Division V, Whately School Committee Lauren Broussal, Division VI, Richmond School Committee Smith Vocational Superintendent Frank Lamas accepting the Division VIII All-State School Committee award for David Bourbeau. Mayor Scott Lang, Chair, New Bedford School Committee, Division IX Life Member Dinner attendees were entertained by the award-winning Brockton High School Jazz Ensemble, including ensemble alumnus Jarred Hancock. President Hancock and Life Member John Columbus, Narragansett Regional School Committee Retiring State Representative Ann Paulsen was honored for her many contributions to student welfare and for her commitment to adequate and equitable public education funding and resources. MASC Past President Nancy Stinger, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the School Committee Member Training legislation, which she was instrumental in getting passed during her term as President. President Hancock welcomes incoming President Joseph Santos of the Ludlow School Committee.

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