WISD scores big wins in state PR competition

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Waller Independent School District
Public Information
BY STEPHANIE BURMAN

WISD scores big win in state PR competition
February 2002

WALLER – The Waller ISD School Resources Officers scored the biggest public relations win for the district at the 2002 Texas School Public Relations Association annual convention held in Austin February 18-20. In competition with all Texas schools with populations of under 10,000 students, the Waller ISD Crisis Management Personnel Procedures Manual, produced by the Waller ISD Harris County sheriff’s deputies and WISD Administrative Secretary Bernadette Marsh, took a Gold award early in the competition, then went on to receive the Best of Category medal for the field during the TSPRA Star Awards banquet held on February 19.

Judges were particularly impressed with the clarity of the information presented in the manual, its visual appeal, and the creativity involved in the publication. The manual also received the judges’ highest rating for accomplishing its objective: “on a limited budget, create a standardized, comprehensive, easy to locate, easy to use, crisis management procedure for Waller ISD.”

Waller ISD School Resource Officers (L-R, back) Steve Underhill and Anthony Martin and WISD Administrative Secretary Bernadette Marsh (center) show off the Best of Category medal they won in the 2001 Texas School Public Relations Association Star Awards competition for the Crisis Management manual they produced for Waller ISD personnel.