Four other school districts have received a Baldrige National Quality Award since the inception of the program by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Previous honorees were:
Jenks Public Schools, Jenks, Okla. (2005)
Application
Profile
Contacts: Dana Ezell and Tara Thompson
Community Consolidated School District 15, Palatine, Ill. (2003)
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Profile
Contact: Mary Zarr
Chugach School District, Anchorage, Alaska (2001)
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Profile
Contact: Debbie Treece
Pearl River School District, Pearl River, N.Y. (2001)
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Contact: Sandra Cokeley
Access the Iredell-Statesville district’s application at http://iss.schoolwires.com/bnqpapp and the profile at www.baldrige.nist.gov/PDF_files/Iredell_Statesville_Schools_Profile.pdf. The district’s contacts are Dawn Creason or Mathew Fail.
Since the Baldrige criteria first allowed education organizations in 1999, 142 institutions have applied, many of them colleges and universities.
Complete details about the Baldrige National Quality Award are available at www.baldrige.nist.gov/Baldrige_Process.htm.
--Francesca Duffy