ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 TAG: 9703260032
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: DUBLIN
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
Pat Duncan did not want to miss classes she teaches by serving on a prestigious national board, "but sometimes you have to go to grow," she said.
Margaret "Pat" Duncan, director of the Southwest Virginia Governor's School, has been elected to the board of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology.
She was among six representatives of such schools from across the nation to be elected to the board at the organization's business meeting in New Orleans earlier this month. The consortium brings together schools that create educational innovation. It works to develop, test, implement and disseminate these schools best programs.
Campaigning for the national post consisted of wearing a ribbon identifying the person as a board candidate and mingling with the consortium members prior to the election, Duncan said. Each candidate also had a short resume for members to read before voting.
Membership on the board will require Duncan to travel to four meetings a year, the first being in Alexandria in July, to plan for the national gatherings of gifted students and their teachers. Because she teaches at the Southwest Virginia Governor's School as well as directing it, she hesitated to allow her name to be placed in nomination when she was asked because of the times she would have to be away.
But the Governor's School board supported her candidacy, so she let it proceed. "Sometimes you have to go to grow," she said Tuesday.
The position will also allow her to make good contacts for the Governor's School and learn more about teaching techniques for gifted students.
Consortium membership includes 54 specialized secondary schools and more than 50 affiliate colleges and universities from across the country.
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