BURKE COUNTY MOBILE PRESCHOOL 

WINS MAGNA AWARD

The American School Board Journal has announced the recipients of the 2003 Magna Awards for advancing student learning through school board leadership.  The grand prize winner is BUST'R and BETSIE, two refurbished school buses that serve as mobile pre-K classrooms in rural Burke County.  The school district won the top award from almost 400 entries in the annual contest, now in its ninth year, for its Rolling with Pre-K program. Burke County will receive a $2,500 scholarship from ASBJ and its partner, Sodexho School Services.  

Since January of 2001, BUST'R, BETSIE, and an enthusiastic quartet of teachers have been hard at work touring mobile-home communities and church parking lots, helping youngsters through an innovative pre-K curriculum.

The idea behind the award-winning "Rolling with Pre-K" program evolved into a collaborative effort between school-district officials and community partners, including Burke Partnership for Children.  The program has already served more than 400 children.

The Burke County program and this year's other Magna Award winners were honored in April at the National School Boards Association's annual conference in San Francisco.

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