ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 21, 1995 TAG: 9512210067
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: DUBLIN
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
A Technical Advisory Committee to help bring the Southwest Virginia Governor's School into the next century will be expanded next year.
Suzy Moses, community programs coordinator for the school, discussed the committee and its mission at a dinner meeting of students, parents, staff members, educators and business people Tuesday night at Pulaski County High School.
Moses already has recruited 31 committee members from all of the localities served by the school, and plans to increase the committee's size to 50 members in early 1996.
Pat Duncan, the school's director, said Wednesday that the committee will be supported by the school's parent and foundation committees in looking at classes, equipment and other factors involved in keeping the school on the cutting edge of technical innovation.
Ken Magill, a representative of the state Department of Education, told those attending the dinner that state Superintendent of Public Instruction William Bosher was pleased with the involvement of the business community in the Governor's School programs. Technical Advisory Committee members are being drawn from the science and technological sectors of business, industry, professional and university communities served by the school.
Becky Gunn, a case work supervisor for Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, said Boucher's office has participated in the school's internship program since 1993. The program matches students with various businesses, industries or offices in the school's service area to give them practical experience on the job as interns.
Pulaski County Superintendent Bill Asbury, who is the superintendent in charge for the Governor's School this year, said Tuesday's gathering was to start developing a vision for what the school should be as it enters the 21st century.
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