Message from
VAFEPA President

As the incoming President of VAFEPA, I’m proud and excited about this leadership opportunity and for what lies ahead for our organization. With no uncertainty, I pledge to build on the strength of our past presidents to move our organization to even greater success over the next two years. I would like to commend our Board members for their ongoing support to get the work of our organization done and in turn to assist our colleagues across the state. As you are aware, each of our eight regions is represented on the VAFEPA Board and I encourage you to share your suggestions with them.

Despite the dim economic forecast for our nation and our state, there is still a lot of work to be done to support the academic achievement of disadvantaged students as well as their teachers and administrators. Now is not the time to do less but rather in difficult times, we will need to find ways to do more. I hope that your division will continue to support attending our VAFEPA annual conference. We have a strong history of providing outstanding staff development sessions at our conference and with your support this will continue. The VAFEPA Board welcomes the opportunity to hear your ideas and hope that you will contact your regional representatives. More details about the conference will be in the next newsletter. (continue)