Focus on TUSD - October 2007

EEF Recognizes Pfeuffer, Trattner, Star and PICOR at Annual Luncheon
Governing Board members presented Superintendent Roger F. Pfeuffer with a piñata in his likeness at the Educational Enrichment Foundation's (EEF) ninth annual Ray Davies Lifetime Humanitarian Achievement Award Luncheon on Oct. 12 at the Doubletree Hotel.

Approximately 530 people attended the event where Pfeuffer was recognized by EEF along with the Arizona Daily Star, PICOR, and recently retired EEF Executive Director Sally Trattner.

The piñata was presented by Bruce Burke and Alex Rodriguez, who spoke on behalf of the board. Former TUSD Superintendent Paul Houston also attended and briefly spoke about the exciting and exasperating challenges facing today's public school district superintendents. Houston is executive director of the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Va.

David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star, served as master of ceremonies. The mariachi group from Davis Bilingual Magnet School performed, singing the crowd favorite "God Bless America," in English and Spanish.

Luncheon co-chairs were Chyrl Hill Lander, TUSD's director of Communications & Media Relations, and former Governing Board member Mary Belle McCorkle. Honorary co-chairs were Dorothy Finley and Bob Strauss, also a former TUSD Governing Board member.

Proceeds from the luncheon will be used to carry out the mission of EEF, which is to provide resources to expand and enrich student learning in Tucson Unified School District.

-- By Sharon Dunham
Communications & Media Relations