CATCH-UP WITH ROTARY
August 19, 2014
The Rotarians that attended the membership seminar said it was great – 7 hours of membership, but well worth it! Wonderful speakers, well organized and they really engaged everyone. One Hundred Forty Rotarians from CA and all through Arizona attended.
Alice reminded us that she needs help with the Ice Cream Social at the Fall District Conference at the El Conquistador 26-28th, if you can help call Alice, hint her number is on our website. If you need it email me at semaranarotary@gmail.com
Don’t forget to invite your friends to play Texas Hold’em , hosted by the one-and-only Rotary Club of Marana on Friday September 5th.
We were honored to have Dr. Doug Wilson, the Superintendent of the Marana School District as our speaker. He has been with the district for seven years to his credit many people want to move into the Marana area so they can be part of the Marana School System.
He said that the staff is back to the art of teaching, which makes the parents, students and teachers happy and a better place to teach.
AIMS testing, is important, the staff has worked hard to bring up the scores, because the school district went down last year. But if we were to go out and conduct an independent survey of parents we would find that they are pleased with the Marana Schools, because the teachers are working hard on building character, respect and over all good citizens, not just good test takers.
In the next five to seven years with the projected growth in Marana they are strategizing how they can manage the growth. The schools used to get $1,500,000. in capital funds (used for repairs building etc.) now the schools get $400,000. obviously this is big loss of funds, so be prepared to vote for a bond initiative to help off set the loss
Thank your Dr. Doug Wilson for your passion and leadership in our schools