Meetings during 2009-2010 will be held every other month on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Packard Center, i.e., November 10, January 12, March 9, and May 11.

• Met with two Cluster Assistant Superintendents at September meeting.
• Visited with FCPS Superintendent Dr. Jack Dale at November 2009 meeting and presented alternative ways to deal with the budget.
• Provided testimony to FCPS Board on the Superintendent's Proposed FCPS FY11 Budget
• Three members participated in various capabilities in meeting with FCSB members seeking advice on ways to improve communication with the general public.
• Attend FCSB Retreats and selected Work Sessions
• Plan to review and comment on the public school related items in the County’s budget.
• Plan to review and comment on the FCSB draft Adopted Budget after the BOS decide on the transfer amount to FCPS.
• Plan to serve as a clearinghouse for recommendations on revisions to FCSB’s operational expectations and measures.
• Continue to track the administrative consolidations actions
• Continue to monitor the "Smart Services Committee" composed of BOS and FCSB members who are reviewing the potential of merging or better coordinating of County and School programs.
• Members continue to serve as Co-chair of the FCSB’s Advisory
• Committee on Student’s with Disabilities, as Co-chair of FCSB’s Human Relations Advisory Committee, and as a member of the Superintendent’s Business and Community Advisory Committee.
• Members also continue to serve as Chair of the Education Committees for the Mount Vernon District Council’s and McLean Citizens Associations Councils, which also may independently provide their group’s testimony on the various FCPS budgets.
• Members also maintain communication with the various FCPS Departments seeking to understand programs and budget impacts and offering recommendations.
• Members also maintain communication with the Fairfax County Council of PTAs and the newly formed Fairfax Education Coalition.

• Provided testimony on the FCPS Superintendent's Proposed FY10 Budget, Verbal and Written
• Resolution in support of 07 FCPS Bond Referendum (9/20/07 - see homepage)
• Written testimony on Proposed FCPS FY08 Budget raising concerns about projected FY09 budget shortfall and recommending delay of expanding programs.
• Verbal testimony on Proposed FCPS FY08 Budget
• Testimony on Superintendent’s Proposed FY08 Budget Testimony in support of the transfer process for unneeded land to BOS in exchange for a $30 million increase in FCPS’s Construction Improvement Plan (CIP) in each of the next 6 years
• Resolution in support of the 08 FCPS Bond Referendum Testimony in support of the initial consolidation of several FCPS administrative buildings
• Provided testimony in support of the initial consolidation of several administrative buildings.
• Testimony on FCPS Draft Approved Budget presented at May 14, 2008 FCSB Hearing

• Superintendent’s Community Advisory Council
• FCPS Board’s Advisory Committee on Students w/Disabilities
• FCPS Board’s Human Relations Advisory Committee
• FCPS Board’s Advisory Committee on Advanced Academic Achievement

• Past president of Sleepy Hollow Elementary and Glasgow Middle School PTAs
• Former Stuart High School’s representative to the Fairfax County Council of PTAs
• Vice Chair of McLean Community Center Governing Board
• Former president of Safe Community Coalition
• Former Education and Youth Committee Chair - McLean Citizens Association
• Federation’s representative to Fairfax Scholarship Fund
• Former elected School Board member, Jamestown, ND
• Former professor and biology dept chair - Jamestown College
• Education Committee Chair, Mt Vernon Council of Citizens Associations
• Past president of Mt. Vernon High School PTSA
• Member of Cluster IV Parents Advisory Council of Citizens Associations
• Former Training Team Leader, U.S. Navy
• Representative on ACSD subcommittee on training
• Representative on ACSD subcommittee on secondary inclusion and extended school year
• Advisor to McLean Civic Association on certain aspects of special education
• Former president of Madison High School PTSA
• Director of Fairfax Partnership for Youth
• Member of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Citizens Advisory Council
• Parent Representative on Woodson Instructional Council
• Parent Representative on Woodson Human Relations Committee
• Board Member on Woodson PTSA
• Former Cluster III Representative for the Fairfax County Council of PTAs
• Former Board Member of Frost and Woodson PTSA
• Former Woodson Newsletter Publisher (3 years)
• Former Board of Directors Pinecrest School
• Former Fundraising Chair and Building Chair for 4 years
• Former PTO President at Green Hedges School
• Former Chair and Vice-Chair of Green Hedges School Board of Directors