Selected Teachers and Staff Recognized by Dade Board of Education; Superintendent and Bus Driver Honored

Character Awards, plaques and recognition were given to several members of the Dade County School System this past Monday night.

Chairman of the Board, Carolyn Bradford, led out the meeting by reading a letter from the Dade County Board of Education (BOE) to Superintendent of Dade County Schools Dr. Jan Harris. Harris’ accomplishments while leading Dade County Schools were shared by Bradford and included sharing her experience as a published writer and working with Young Authors for Dade County Schools, climate scores increasing from as low as two to the highest score of five at all schools, and increasing academic achievement across the board.

“For these reasons and more,” Bradford said, “the Dade County Board of Education would like to design and dedicated a plaque in your honor to each school library for your vision and implementation of the Dade County School System Character Education plan.”

Bradford announced the honor while the Board held their meeting in front of the “Wall of Character” which Bradford said would not have happened without Dr. Jan Harris’ leadership.

Not only students are recognized for their good character, but employees of the school system are as well. Annual Character Awards were handed out by Dr. Harris at the BOE meeting. Character Awards were given to Tommy Partlow with the Maintenance Department, Bonnie Harris of Davis Elementary School, Darlene Rogers with Dade Elementary School, Alicia Bell of Dade Middle School, David Howard with DCHS, and Cynthia Daniels at the Central Office. Harris said the character award recipients are chosen by the teachers and staff at each of the facilities.

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