A Newsletter of the  West Georgia Chapter No. 1303 of Phi Delta Kappa    Volume 13, No. 2
State University of West Georgia, College of Education, Carrollton, Georgia 30118         October, 1998

From the President's
Desk…..by Bob Hilliard
     We were fortunate to have both candidates for State School Superintendent on the UWG campus to share their positions.  On behalf of the chapter officers I want to thank those members who helped make our Education Forum a success.   Thank you for bringing students and thank you for the penetrating questions directed to the candidates     
     Each of the candidates was recognized with a West Georgia Chapter Friend of Education Award  for their years of professional and personal dedication to education and to the children of Georgia.  They also received a Phi Delta Kappa coffee mug to remind them of their continuing role in education and their responsibility for Georgia education.
     Mark November 12^th in your appointment books.  We will be initiating new members and recognizing transfer members at a dinner meeting to be held on the UWG campus at Z-6 .  The meeting will begin at 7:00.  Following the meal, Tom Carrere and Wilton Key, charter members of the West Georgia Chapter of PDK, will provide our program.  In keeping with our theme of remembering the past and celebrating  the future, Tom will

Kappa International is to promote quality education, with particular emphasis on publicly-supported education as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life.  In keeping with the mission of  PDK, our West Georgia Chapter sponsored an Education Forum with candidates for State School Superintendent, incumbent  Linda Schrenko, and Joe Martin.  Each candidate was given an opportunity to state their position on Georgia education and the role of the Superintendent before responding to questions from the audience. The candidates spoke on school safety, school funding, Charter schools, and  the accountability of local school boards. 
     With more questions than time, the candidates were given remaining questions with the hope and expectation that the questions and topics will provide the candidates with insights into the issues regarded critical to education. 

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