Corporate Connections.Tom Tocco, superintendent in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , has spent an important part of the past year dining with corporate executives and paging their top aides by car phone. His high-level solicitations have paid off richly: four Chairs in Teaching Excellence, each carrying a $10,000 stipend, to recognize the district's best classroom teachers. The corporate underwriters, Tandy Corp., Bank One, and Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) is a Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories and seasonal decor. , and three additional sponsors, are expected to fund chairs this fall. "The idea originated with the staff here, which has one of the most aggressive school public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most programs around," says Joe Ross Joe Ross may refer to one of the following:
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