Groundhog Job Shadowing Event Enriches Lives of
Students

Broward County Public Schools will be facilitating its annual Groundhog Job Shadowing event January 23, 2006 - January 27, 2006. Job Shadowing is a national effort that enriches the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace. This initiative is designed to give students across America an up-close look at the world of work and to answer the question, “Why do I have to learn this?” Job shadowing provides students an opportunity to experience a normal workday on the job. They have the unique opportunity to see firsthand how the skills learned in school relate to the workplace.

Last year, more than one million of America’s youth were able to experience more than 100,000 workplaces throughout the nation.

The Groundhog Job Shadow Initiative is designed to:
• demonstrate the connection between academics and careers,
encouraging students to learn by making their class work
more relevant;
• build community partnerships between schools and
businesses that enhance the educational experience of all
students;
• introduce students to the requirements of professions and
industries to help them prepare to join the workforce of the
21st century;
• encourage an ongoing relationship between young people
and caring adults; and
• ensure that students in need of additional services or
programs are linked to other appropriate services/ organizations/agencies.

The District has participated in this event since its inception. The School to Career Department will work with all schools as it launches its young people toward college, careers and beyond. For more information, please contact Deborah Wells at 754-321-2536.

Appointments and
Reassignments

July 26, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments: Abdul Cumber, Senior Plans Examiner-Structural; David Geneivive, Research Specialist; Jeffery Kruse, Building (Trade) Inspector/Building Inspector-Structural;  Interim Assistant Principals: Neddie Lynn, and Thomas Moncilovich, Atlantic Technical Center; Larry Rothman, Sheridan Technical Center. 

The Board also approved the following reassignment: Susan Cassone, Manager, Certification/Incentives.

August 2, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments: Joseph Schram, Building (Trade) Inspector/Building Inspector-Electrical; Wade Edmond, Interim Principal, Blanche Ely High; Jeannie Floyd, Interim Principal, Park Lakes Elementary; and Richard Cunningham, Interim Assistant Principal, Piper High.

The Board also approved the following reassignments:  Karlton Johnson, Assistant Principal, Dillard High; and Sherry Ann Rose, Special Assignment, Principal/Director, Leadership Development (HRD).


August 16, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments: Louise Ball, Curriculum Specialist, Social Studies; John Gentile, Finance Manager, Broward Education Foundation; James Edward Kessler, Systems Analyst IV; Brenda Akins, Network Analyst III; Noelle Mecoli, Specialist, Demographer/Statistician; Saemone Hollingsworth, Interim Assistant Principal, Silver Ridge Elementary; Lloyd Manda, Interim Assistant Principal, Driftwood Middle; and Alice Thurston, Interim Assistant Principal, Stranahan High.

The Board also approved the following reassignments: Oleg Gorokhovsky, Task Assignment Director, Financial Reporting; and Melissa Grimm, Task Assignment Director, Enterprise Resource Planning.

September 6, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments Louise Ball, Curriculum Specialist, Social Studies; Fayne Johnson, Curriculum Specialist, Adult and Community Education; Christopher McGuire, Director, BECON Distance Learning; Catherine Powers, Supervisor, Preschool Curriculum; Kris Black, Interim Principal, Seminole Middle; Interim Assistant Principals: Ellen Albano, McFatter Technical Center; Daphene W. Smith, William Dandy Middle; and Moira Sweeting, Monarch High.

The Board also approved the following reassignments: Cindy Dean, Assistant Principal, Virginia Shuman Young Elementary; Claudia McGrath, Assistant Principal, Plantation Park Elementary; Paul Giordano, Project Coordinator, Physical Plant Operations, Facilities Support Services; and Ronald Morgan, Acting Chief Building Official.

September 27, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments:  Jason Greenberg and Jimmy Jean, Systems Integrators; Brian Little, Manager, Materials Logistics; and Tracy Gruendel, Interim Assistant Principal, Tradewinds Elementary.

The Board also approved the following reassignments: Daryl Diamond, Project Manager, Technology and Instruction; and Judith Zinn, Director, Task Assignment, High School Reform.

October 11, 2005
The Board approved the following appointments: Donna Diane Shapiro, Telecommunications Analyst IV; Sam Bays, Eduardo Beraldi, E. Denise Cone, David Herrmann, Camelia Ilarslan, James Livingston, Robert Sharps, and Gerardo Usallan, Project Managers II; Angelino Garcia, Project Manager II - Facilities & Construction; Nick Monte, Systems Analyst; Laljie Sharmila, Director, Payroll & Accounts Payable; and Ryan Turner Reardon, Interim Assistant Principal, Oriole Elementary

The Board also approved the following reassignments: Dennis Sciullo, Principal, Cooper City Elementary; and Marisol Smith,
Principal, West Hollywood Elementary.