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Meeting Date:
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8/19/2021 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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AGENDA
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Info
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Subject:
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PRESENTATION: Purdue Northwest 2021 TRIO Program Community Partner's Award
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NCA/AdvancED District Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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Summary:
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Dr. Peggy Buffington, Superintendent, will introduce Maceo Rainey, TRIO Program Director from Purdue Northwest, Lisa M. Daugherty, President & CEO Center of Workforce Innovations, and possibly Ray Vanderford with Ready NWI. The TRIO-Educational Talent Search Community Partners Award is a yearly award that our federally funded program presents to a community partner that assists in our mission of providing educational access, inclusion, equity, and workforce development resources to the regions income eligible, students with disabilities, students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and potential first generation college students. The TRIO Program is a federally funded by way of the US Department of Education in Washington, DC. Over the past 2-3 years our State Senators have brought back over $10 million dollars in federal funding for TRIO Programs in the State of Indiana.
The TRIO Program, located on the campus of Purdue University Northwest, provides high caliber pre-college services for students and families in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke Counties. However, the TRIO Program depends on the collaboration of community partners working in a collaborative fashion to promote and manifest a college and career culture among students within the NWI region and beyond. Thus, working for a more educated and highly skilled workforce in Indiana.
The TRIO-Educational Talent Search Program would like to publicly recognize the collaborative and transformational work spearheaded by Roy Vanderford and Peggy Buffington by way of the Ready NWI initiative that brought together the brightest minds in K-12 public education in conjunction with a spectrum of community agencies all working in the best educational and career readiness interests of NWI students and families. All during a time of great uncertainty and challenge.
Attached are a few related documents and artifacts for your reading leisure to get you all familiar with the dynamics of our federally funded program as well as, our commitment to student achievement in the NWI region.
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Pat Schoon - Board Secretary
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Signed By:
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Dr. Peggy Buffington - Superintendent
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