It’s game #2: Time to start recruiting for next year.
Tomorrow I head to the hills for the first Fayetteville football game of the year. Yay.
I intend to do some recruiting of my own this season. Remember this little competition? If we still want one of the best public schools in the nation to come to Pine Bluff or another town in the Arkansas Delta in 2011 (and yes, we do), then we have to recruit the best school leader ASAP.
In order to run the next KIPP Delta middle school in Arkansas, the school leader must undergo a year-long, intensive training process, known as a Fisher Fellowship. It’s an incredible opportunity to learn and work with some of the brightest, most passionate school reformers in the nation. The priority deadline for candidates is October 30, 2009, and the final deadline is February 19, 2010. To learn more about the fellowship, visit www.kipp.org/lead.
Are you up for the challenge, or know someone who might be? Then please contact our coalition immediately at KIPPPineBluff@gmail.com, or contact KIPP Delta directly at:
KIPP Delta Public Schools
415 Ohio Street
Helena-West Helena, AR 72342
Main Office: 870-753-9035
Please spread the word to everyone you know who cares about Arkansas’s future and is ready for us to move waaaaay beyond adequacy to excellence for all of our kids, especially those at the greatest disadvantage.
This is Don and Doris Fisher. They founded The Gap, to help you look cute. They're also looking for the world's most awesome school leader right here in Arkansas. Let's not disappoint these nice people.
Update: Mr. Fisher passed away on September 27, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. What an incredible legacy he leaves behind. We definitely can’t let him down now.
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