Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 2000 Page: 6 of 26
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PAGE 4A • THE POLK UM \T5 ENTERPRISE, THL RSDAY, FEBRt'ARY 24 2000
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LEADERSHIP CLASS - Members of Leadership Polk County, sponsored by the Polk County
Chamber of Commerce. \ isited Livingston ISD schools on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in order to get an
overall picture of what is going on in the local educational system. After touring several cam-
puses and the LISD s new seventh, eighth and ninth grade junior high lacility, the members met
with Superintendent Janet Morris who gave them the LISD District Improvement Plan and dis-
cussed the goals and mission of the school district. Leadership Polk County members are (back
row, i-r) Carolyn Davis, Jason Pedigo, Judi Barnes, Jenny Vavra, Melvin Joice and Lyle Stan-
phill; (front row, I-n Johnnie Tucker, Colleen Provasek, TheresaOgletree, Polk County Cham-
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SCHOOL TOUR -- Members of the Leadership Polk County
group listen as LISD Superintendent Janet Morris explains
how the cafeteria area in the new seventh, eighth and ninth
grade junior high facility can be expanded to include the
theater "black box" area through the means of a retractable
wall when more room is needed. From left are Lyle Stan-
phill, Melvin Joice, Jason Pedigo, Theresa Ogletree, Colleen
Provasek, Henry Garcia of Plluger and Associates Archi-
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 2000, newspaper, February 24, 2000; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798696/m1/6/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.