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Remarks by Superintendent Robert A. McKanna, Ed.D
President George W. Bush presented the 2003 Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s top award
for quality and performance excellence, to Community Consolidated
School District 15 and other award winners at a ceremony
on Tuesday, March 9, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott
Hotel in Arlington, Va.
Commerce Secretary Donald Evans and other federal officials
also were on hand for the presentation. Louis A. Sands,
president of the District 15 Board of Education, and
Dr. Robert A. McKanna, superintendent, officially
accepted the award. A group of 50 district representatives,
including 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, were in the audience
during the ceremony. Funding for the trip came from a grant
from the Malcolm Baldrige organization.
