The 2007 presentation refines last year's messages and focuses more specifically on the need for a statewide funding resolution. It is as important as ever that conversations about school funding are held in every corner of the state.

Please use this presentation to help initiate the conversation in your community about:

• Why we need a world-class school system in Washington state.
• How public schools are making great progress.
• Why additional resources are needed to make sure ALL students have the basic skills they need.

Created in Microsoft PowerPoint®, the presentation is fully customizable. Add, subtract or modify slides to meet the specific needs of your community.

Generations of Progress was designed to build support for public schools by communicating widely the good news about our schools and helping citizens understand the urgent need for additional resources to meet the challenges we face today.

Your ideas and suggestions are welcome.

WASA appreciates the time and effort contributed by WASA members to the development of these important communications.

2006-07 WASA COMMUNICATION TASKFORCE
Steve Chestnut, WASA President and Taskforce Chair, Superintendent, Moses Lake, Carol Whitehead, Superintendent, Everett; Carol Fenstermacher, Director of Community Relations, Evergreen–Vancouver; Patti Holmgren, Director of Community Relations, Tacoma; Janet Jones, Executive Director of Learning Services, Mead; Marjorie Ledell, Executive Director, Community Relations, Shoreline; Barbara Mertens, Assistant Executive Director, WASA; Elaine Porter-Cole, Principal, Prosser Heights Elementary, Prosser; Grant Clark, Communications, WASA; Joan Tritchler, Assistant to the Superintendent, Communications and Governmental Relations, PSESD; Mark Wenzel, Director of Communications, Bethel

2005-06 WASA COMMUNICATION TASKFORCE
Carol Whitehead, WASA President and Taskforce Chair, Superintendent, Everett; Suzie Baier, Assistant Superintendent, Lake Stevens; Gay Campbell, Director of Communications, Everett; Ruben Carrera, Executive Director, Parent/School Community Resources, Sunnyside; Carol Fenstermacher, Director of Community Relations, Evergreen–Vancouver; Karen Forys, Superintendent, Northshore; Patti Holmgren, Director of Community Relations, Tacoma; Bette Hyde, Superintendent, Bremerton; Jill Jacoby, Executive Director, WASA; Janet Jones, Executive Director of Learning Services, Mead; Marjorie Ledell, Executive Director, Community Relations, Shoreline; Barbara Mertens, Assistant Executive Director, WASA; Delcine Mesa-Johnson, Superintendent, Hockinson; Nancy Moffatt, Executive Director, Finance and Operations, North Kitsap; Elaine Porter-Cole, Principal, Prosser Heights Elementary, Prosser; Amy Riggs, Communications, WASA; Joan Tritchler, Assistant to the Superintendent, Communications and Governmental Relations, PSESD; Mark Wenzel, Director of Communications, Bethel; Mary Waggoner, Director of Communications, Issaquah