HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas, July 16, 2012 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) announced the addition of Georgette Price to the Military Student Transition Consultant (MSTC) program serving military families and their children in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The program, funded through a partnership that includes the Bossier Chamber of Commerce, the Military Affairs Council, Cyber Innovation Center, Barksdale Forward, and the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation, embeds a carefully trained staff person within the school system.

With support from U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, the Bossier Parish School Board recognized the needs of military families at nearby Barksdale Air Force Base and the surrounding community. “I applaud the Bossier Parish Chamber of Commerce for making the educational needs of our military families a priority,” said Senator Landrieu, adding “Hiring the Military Student Transition Consultant to work with our families and schools in Shreveport and Bossier shows, unequivocally, North Louisiana’s commitment to our airmen and their families.  Quality of life for our men and women in uniform continues to be one of my highest priorities.  The Bossier Chamber and Barksdale Forward continue to provide a model of supp…………… continues on Sacramento Bee

Education Minister Leighton Andrews will intervene in Pembrokeshire County Council child safeguarding

3:55pm Monday 16th July 2012 in News

Education Minister Leighton Andrews has said enough is enough and taken the dramatic decision to intervene over Pembrokeshire County Council’s child safeguarding failures.

In a written statement issued this afternoon (Monday), Mr Andrews said he had issued a directive to Pembrokeshire County Council to comply with any instructions given by Graham Jones, the chairman of the Pembrokeshire Ministerial Board.

That Board had previously been put in place to challenge the council and oversee improvements in safeguarding procedures.

But Mr Jones will now have the power to order the council to follow “any instructions that he considers reasonably necessary to ensure that the authority adequately discharges its statutory duty to exercise its education functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.”

Tellingly, Mr Andrews said the direction “makes clear why we as a Welsh Government have little confidence in certain senior officers. It is for the Leader and the Au…………… continues on Western Telegraph