October 11th - Dr. Scott AndersEn

October 11, 2006

Reporter – John Wilkins

President Molly called the meeting to order and Ginny Barr provided the invocation. Sergeant-at-arms, Harvey Hoots introduced our guests. We had numerous guests from the Dutch Fork Interact Club with Ms. Kelly Payne. Beetle Bailey brought his better half, Debra, to the meeting this week. Also in attendance was Calvin Elam, President for the Board of Trustees Palmetto Alliance. Lyman Whitehead provided us with some Health and Happiness.

President Molly announced that there would be a Board Meeting afterward the meeting today to discuss our future meeting location with D’s Wings management. Herb Harrison announced the Fall Social is planned for November 1st at Englewood Manor at 6:00 p.m. and stated that more information would be posted on the website. It was also announced that the annual Christmas Social is planned for December 13th at Ascott.

Dr. Carey Hite introduced our guest speaker, Dr. Scott AndersEn, District 5 Superintendent of Schools. Dr. AndersEn has recently taken over the position as Superintendent of Schools for District 5.

Dr. AndersEn addressed some of the research and trends in schools in the United States. One of the most interesting points he raised was that the major difference in test scores was teacher qualifications and training, which makes up 49% of the difference. He also stated that race, poverty and ethnicity make up 24% of the difference in test scores. Dr. AndersEn also focused on building trust between the administration and the School Board, as well as between the teachers and the administration. Dr. AndersEn ended his presentation by taking questions from the members.

The meeting ended with a flurry of Happy Dollars and was then adjourned by President Molly.










Seen here - Dr. AndersEn with Dutch Fork Interact club and Kelley Payne.