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Plano ISD Staff Newsletter • Volume 37, number 2 • September 24, 2009
Paul Weaver meeting with counselors

Paul Weaver Captures Supervisor of the Year
Award from Texas School Counseling Association

Story by Mary Gorden; Photos by John Pippard
Distinguished credentials and a superior ability to advocate for the counseling profession are among the traits that Paul Weaver, Plano ISD director of guidance and counseling, possesses and that enticed judges to select him as Supervisor of the Year for the Texas School Counselor Association. During the past 23 years, Paul has served as a teacher and counselor in Plano schools, remaining actively involved in counseling issues, advocacy and public policy. His dynamic leadership sets him apart in the counseling profession. Read more

Doug Otto and Danny Modisette

United Way campaign continues this week

Photo: Lesley Range-Stanton
We are all interdependent and connected. When you reach out a hand to one, you influence the condition of all. You can make a difference by contributing to the United Way campaign. Pledge forms are being collected at each work site this week. Watch United Way video

http://www.pisd.edu/staff/districtdigest/2009-10/Employees

Best Places to Work awards luncheon

Photo: Lesley Range-Stanton
Representatives of Plano ISD's 7,000-member employee work force attended an awards luncheon recently in celebration of area businesses and organizations whose employees voted them among the 2009 Best Places to Work in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Read more

Around the district

Students
New federal guidelines require that student ethnicity and race be re-identified using new criteria. PISD provides forms in English and Spanish for this new reporting purpose.
Student
The school board has appointed a Feeder School Alignment Committee to make recommendations for senior high school feeder patterns. Committee website
Students
The district seeks your feedback about the employee convocation event held in August at Prestonwood Church and attended by all school district faculty & staff. Take the survey

Board briefs

On September 15, school trustees conducted a work session at which they heard reports about and discussed the following topics:

The agenda, including supporting documents, is posted on BoardBookopens in new window.

Read Notable Notes here, or select button at top right of this page.

 
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Upcoming Events
10/1
 End of 1st Six Weeks

10/5

 Fire Prevention Week
10/6
 School Board Meeting
10/12
 School Lunch Week
10/16
 Parent Conference Day
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EmployeeSpotlight
Norm Nicholson

Plano ISD alumnus gears up for another great year behind wheel of bus 814

Story: Mary Gorden; Photos: John Pippard
Bus Driver Norm Nicholson drove his wife crazy around the house after he retired ("under foot," he said), so he decided to drive a school bus instead.

Following a career as a data processing instructor for the US Army and twice serving as a company vice-president in the high-tech industry, Norm has elected to put his foot to the pedal for the past nine years, safely transporting students on bus #814.

A 1958 Plano High School graduate who attended all 12 grades at what is now the Cox Building, Norm recalls fond memories of attending school in Plano.

Digest: Who are some of the people who shaped your education?

Norm: Aline Mendenhall was my first grade teacher. My second grade teacher was Mrs. Williams (wife of T.H. Williams, principal), and Mary Alice Skaggs was our high school English teacher. I was taught by and went to school with many of our school namesakes like the Harringtons,

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