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Resource Training & Solutions honored 116 Educational Support Staff at the 2019 ESS Recognition Event on Wednesday, November 20.  The 2018 Educational Support Staff Awards (ESS) were hosted by the Executive Director at Resource Training & Solutions.   Over 300 attended the annual event. Schools and districts across Resource's central Minnesota region nominate award recipients based on suggested criteria that includes knowledge of work responsibilities, demonstration of safety, cultivation of respect, acting as a positive role model, displaying genuine concern for others, and making a difference in the lives of students, staff, and the community. Public, private, parochial, and charter schools were included in the event, as well as Meeker and Wright Special Education Cooperative, the West Central Education District, and the Wright Technical Center.
Participating school districts, along with Resource Training & Solutions, sponsor the Educational Support Staff Awards (ESS).

Five support staff with the North Branch School District were recognized.
They are Kelly Beckwith, Peg Haapoja-Toussaint, Don Kivimaki, Mary Rock and Michelle Van Eerden, withPrincipals Coleman McDonough, second left and Dr. Lori Zimmerman, right.

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