Hampton School Division Wins Excellence Award

May 7, 2007

The Hampton School division is the recipient of the 2007 Excellence In Education Award, given by the Virginia Tech School of Education. This annual award recognizes successful programs in PreK-12 schools and in community colleges as well.

Hampton won for its program, Community Visioning - HCS Community Priorities Workshop. This workshop, which began when Dr. Patrick Russo took over as Hampton's Superintendent of Schools three years ago, engages the entire Hampton community in shaping a set of shared outcomes for the division. Participating in a three-hour-long workshop, key stakeholders such as elected officials, realtors, city personnel, and members of higher education, the military and faith-based organizations, join parents, students and administrators to help partner with the division to assure educational success for all Hampton students.

Hampton Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick Russo stated "this type of public engagement leads to community ownership, which is key to the creation of a high performance school division." HCS officials will be on hand May 9th at Virginia Tech to receive this award which, in addition to a plaque, carries with it a monetary award in the amount of $500 to be used to support the program.