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Municipal Council lauds Inos and staff
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Posted on Sep 20 2004
The 8th Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council recently adopted a resolution recognizing and congratulating Dr. Rita H. Inos and her staff, under the leadership of Public School System, for taking corrective actions to remove the CNMI Public School System from the high-risk grantee list.
The officers of the Board of Education consists of chairman Roman C. Benavente, vice chairman Dino M. Jones, secretary/treasurer Marja Lee C. Taitano, and board members Frances H. Diaz, Herman T. Guerrero, and Scott L. Norman, student representative Aubry M. Hocog, and teacher representative Ambrose M. Bennett.
According to the resolution, the CNMI Public School was placed on the list of high risk grantees nearly a year after it was cited and sanctioned for failing to submit timely audited financial reports.
Through the commitment of PSS Personnel, combined efforts and the strong leadership of the PSS commissioner and the Board of Education directors in instituting corrective measures to comply with the U.S. Department of Education High-Risk citation, the PSS submitted the required financial audits, fiscal accountability, program performance reports and administration of program funds.
In an Aug. 11, 2004 letter to the Gov. Juan N. Babauta, U.S. DOF Deputy Secretary Eugene W. Hickok said the High-Risk grantee designation, which was issued in Sept. 2003, has been removed due to “significant process” made by PSS in Administration Department Programs. The CNMI Public School System is the only Insular Area that has been de-listed so far.
The Resolution concluded by saying that the members of the council join the people of the CNMI in extending gratitude to Dr. Inos, PSS Personnel chairman Roman C. Benavente, the Board of Education, and other members of the Board, for a job well done in de-listing CNMI PSS from the high-risk grantees list.
The resolution was certified by chairman Gregorio V. Deleon Guerrero and vice chairman David A. Indalecio and attested by secretary Antonia M. Tudela.
