The annual tri-District Lasallian Chief Administrators Workshop, held for the first time from September 22 to 24 at the Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, received rave reviews from those in attendance. The attendance was up over 20 % when compared to the last two years. A total of 36 administrators (17 from the Baltimore District, 11 from the Long Island—New England District, and 8 from the New York District) benefited from the timely and excellent presentations on legal issues in Catholic education, opportunities to share concerns and best practices and to hold individual District business meetings.
Several reasons for the positive praise can be noted. First, the presenter, Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN, J.D., Ph.D., was outstanding. Sr. Mary Angela is a Sister of Charity of Nazareth who has taught at all levels of Catholic Education from elementary through graduate school. She has served on several White House Committees through the U.S. Department of Education, and in 1997 was named one of the 25 most influential persons in Catholic education over the past 25 years. A much-sought-after speaker and author of over twenty books, Sr. Mary Angela highlighted during her four sessions the most recent cases affecting Catholic education, pointed out dozens of areas administrators often overlook as potential legal liabilities and entertained numerous specific questions of the administrators.
Additional reasons for the increased interest in this workshop this year include the location, which was switched from Ocean City to the Poconos, and the time of the year, which was moved from July to September. The remarks on every single evaluation supported a continuation of this tri-District gathering and numerous Participant commented on the tremendous value of cross-District networking.
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