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Community Leaders Gain Insight into WCS Through Ambassador Program

Published May 31, 2013

It is the smallest graduating class in Williamson County Schools for 2013, but these aren’t your typical graduates.

For the past five months, 19 business and community leaders from across Williamson County spent one day each month learning about Williamson County Schools as part of the inaugural WCS Ambassador Program. Participants celebrated the completion of the program with a ceremony May 16 at the new Williamson County Chamber office where they presented their partnerships to Superintendent Dr. Mike Looney and School Board Chairman Pat Anderson.

Fairview High Principal Dr. Juli Oyer represented the schools at the ceremony. “You have figured out how to make this opportunity impactful,” Oyer told the group. “If we don’t turn an opportunity into something impactful, then there is nothing.”

Each month since January, ambassadors boarded a school bus to different school sites. They saw technology use in classroom instruction, shared school lunch and conversation with students and teachers, spoke with college scholarship recipients, enjoyed fine art offerings, met with parent leaders and learned about the challenges and joys found in all of our schools through conversations with students, teachers and parents. The program aimed to provide these community leaders with an in depth look at how WCS provides the quality education that brings families and businesses to Williamson County.

“What you’ve done with the Ambassador program is not only help Williamson County Schools, but all of us in our own walks of life and businesses,” said Ambassador Allie Miller, Reliant Bank.

The Ambassador partnerships range from getting senior citizens involved in schools to putting technology in the hands of students, with all efforts providing support for students, faculty and families across the district.

“These programs are the kinds of things that bring value and a quality of life that a lot of people want for their community,” said Pinnacle Bank and Williamson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee Chairman Brad Dunn.