WASA Community Leadership Award

The Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA), Sno-Isle Region 109, held its annual awards ceremony May 15th at the Everett Golf & Country Club. The awards recognize exemplary contributions to K-12 school districts and their students, by both members of the community and educational professionals within our region. The Sno-Isle 109 region is one of eleven WASA statewide regions.

FASC was honored to be presented with the 2008 WASA Community Leadership Award for the Edmonds School District. We're pleased to have the administrators in our district and region recognize the importance of this work in providing equity of opportunity to all students. We believe this award speaks not just to the value of our work and contributions, but to the value of the students we serve.

School Board Celebrates FASC

The Edmonds School Board recognized FASC with the "School Board Celebrates..." award at the May 6th board meeting. The award may be given to "an employee who goes above and beyond, a parent who has contributed something special to our children, or a community member who has supported our children in an exceptional way."

Dr. Ellen Kahan, Assistant Superintendent, submitted the nomination for the award, citing FASC's commitment to raise awareness about issues affecting students of color.

During the meeting, the ESD/FASC Leadership teams also reported to the board on the group's history, organizational structure, accomplishments to date, and future direction. The report included supporting data regarding the disparities affecting students of color in our district, specifically in the areas of discipline, honors programs, and the achievement gap, as well as the underrepresentation of personnel of color in the district.

The board responded favorably to the report, and invited us to return with updates on the group's progress at some point next year. Community members also were very interested and supportive in our work, and we were happy to meet and connect with other district families and community members.

FASC thanks the board and the administration for their recognition of our work.