Today, Prince William wallpapers wallpapers employees will add a feather to their collective wallpapers when the wallpapers receives the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award at a ceremony in Richmond. Prince William is the only Northern Virginia wallpapers wallpapers to ever win the award, established in 1982.
The local schools strongly impressed James J. L. Stegmaier, wallpapers wallpapers administrator in Chesterfield wallpapers, Va., and a wallpapers of the wallpapers that visited Prince William in February to evaluate the wallpapers.
'I've done a lot of these wallpapers visits, and Prince William wallpapers does stick out in my mind,' he said. 'And the wallpapers they do is because it's unusual in my experience to come across a public wallpapers wallpapers that is using so many of the quality improvement tools that are typically used in the private sector.' There are award categories in both the private and public sectors. Among the things that impressed the committee, Stegmaier said, was the wallpapers that Prince William's wallpapers wallpapers surveys students, parents and teachers annually. That's something people expect from Toyota when buying a wallpapers, he said, but not from a wallpapers wallpapers. 'They actually survey the students regarding the quality of the services that they're receiving,' he said. 'Have you ever as a kid gone to wallpapers in the wallpapers cafeteria and gotten a survey about what you wallpapers of the preparation of the wallpapers? That's fairly unique in a public wallpapers wallpapers.' The award is getting more competitive each wallpapers, say the people involved with it, and many businesses will apply several times before winning. Prince William schools, however, applied just once. Today, the wallpapers wallpapers will receive the medallion award -- the highest of three levels. 'It's primarily a wallpapers award, and that's why we're so proud of it,' said wallpapers Superintendent Edward L. Kelly. Dennis Kellison, superintendent of schools in Orange County, Va., and a previous award winner, also was a member of the team that visited Prince William and heard about everything from the system's custodial service to its classroom instruction. He said the committee takes numerous factors into consideration. 'There are about nine broad areas,' Kellison said. 'You're looking for a sense of mission, a sense of purpose and evidence that that's occurring, as well as employee participation in the decision-making process, results and student achievement.' Prince William applied for the award earlier in the school year and became one of three finalists in the category 'public sector local agencies.' Another organization -- Churchland Academy Elementary School in Portsmouth -- will receive that award. A total of 16 agencies or companies statewide will receive congratulations today at the Richmond luncheon. Sen. Charles S. Robb (D) praised Prince William schools, saying: 'Any organization that wins a Senate Productivity Award, whether it's a medallion of excellence, an outstanding achievement award or the certificate for distinguished recognition, has demonstrated a commitment to quality and productivity and has clearly earned that award.' The award was established in 1982 through a resolution of the U.S. Senate. Each state administers its own program, and applications for Virginia's blue ribbon are handled at Virginia Tech. Prince William's extensive application cited successes such as its retirement opportunity program, which reduced total compensation by more than $3.2 million this year, as well as its energy management program, which lowered utility costs by more than $500,000 this year. The application cited steady test scores in the last five years in the face of dramatic demographic changes. Those changes included a 55 percent increase in minority enrollment and a 90 percent increase in students eligible for free or reduced lunch. 'Even with that going on in their demographics, they were able to maintain a fairly strong level of performance,' Stegmaier said. 'There's a lot of school systems around that would like to do as well as they're doing.' Public school systems that have won the award in previous years include those in Henrico, Hanover and Clarke counties and in the cities of Danville and Portsmouth.
Monday, 5 May 2008
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