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District 15 Representatives go to Washington to Accept Baldrige National Quality Award
A group of 50 representatives of Community Consolidated School District 15 will travel to Washington, D.C., for a presentation ceremony honoring the district and six other winners of the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on Tuesday, March 9.
Commerce Secretary Donald Evans and other federal officials will be on hand for the presentation, scheduled for 9:00 a.m. (CST) at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va. Louis A. Sands, president of the District 15 Board of Education, and Dr. Robert A. McKanna, superintendent, will officially accept the award.
Among those in the audience will be the District 15 contingent, which includes members of the Board of Education, principals, teachers, staff members, representatives of the communities served by District 15, and one student from each of the district’s four junior high schools. Funding for the trip came from a grant from the Malcolm Baldrige organization.
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the nation’s highest honor for quality and performance excellence. The seven 2003 winners were selected from among 68 applicants. All seven were evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resources focus, process management and results. The evaluation process included about 1,000 hours of review and a site visit by teams of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.
District 15 is only the third public school district ever to win the Baldrige Award. In addition to District 15, the other 2003 winners and the categories in which they won are: Medrad, Inc., Indianola, Pa. (manufacturing); Boeing Aerospace Support, St. Louis, Mo., (service); Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation U.S., Nashville, Tenn. (service); Stoner, Inc., Quarryville, Pa. (small business); Baptist Hospital Inc., Pensacola, Fla. (health care); and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo. (health care).
CEREMONY DETAILS:
CHECK-IN: Check in for news media starts at 8:30 a.m. EST and ends at 9:45 a.m. EST at the registration table on the first floor near the Grand Ballroom. News media must show a badge with photo or a photo ID with a business card to gain admission to the ceremony.
SATELLITE FEED: A live satellite broadcast of the ceremony will be available for broadcast TV stations to downlink. For specific information, contact Bob Tenczar, Director of Communications, Community Consolidated School District 15, at (847) 963-3211.
INTERVIEWS: To schedule an interview with executives from Community Consolidated School District 15, contact Bob Tenczar, Director of Communications, Community Consolidated School District 15, at (847) 963-3211.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Further information on the Baldrige Award and the 2003 winners is available at www.baldrige.nist.gov.
Other details will be provided as they become available. Watch for another media advisory on Monday, March 8, for final scheduling information.
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