Congratulations Gail Anderson Uilkema--National Superintendent of the Year. (Bulletin).

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Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. , Calif., Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Superintendent Gail Anderson Ulikema is the 2002 National Superintendent of the Year. Uilkema accepted the award at AASA's Annual Conference & Exposition in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. on Feb. 15.

Uilkema, who has been superintendent of the 2,600-student district since 1987, was one of four national finalists competing for the top administrator award. The other three national finalists were: Lorraine Costella, superintendent of the 2,900-student Kent County Public Schools in Chestertown, Md.; R. Stephen Rasmussen, superintendent of the 7,900-student Franklin Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places

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School District in Tacoma, Wash.; and Eric J. Smith, superintendent of the 106,000-student Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. With 132,000 students enrolled, it is the second-largest school district in North Carolina and the twentieth-largest in the nation. in Charlotte, N.C.

Congratulations to Uilkema and all the Superintendent of the Year candidates and finalists!

For more information about the National Superintendent of the Year program and this year's finalists, log on to www.aasa.org and click on Awards and Scholarships. A

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