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People
Getting To Know …
Scott Poole, Lanier Middle
School principal.
Recently, the City of Fairfax celebrated the
completion of a major renovation to
Lanier Middle School. As Lanier’s principal,
Scott Poole has the difficult task of
overseeing the education of approximately 1,000 seventh
and eighth graders while construction workers
roamed the campus.
With the renovation finished, Poole found some
time to answer a few questions about himself.
Number of years in the community. Eight.
Profile
Family. Married to Christine Poole, a
teacher at Franklin Middle School, and
have two kids: Caroline, 4, and Jake, 1.
Education. B.A. in economics (Hampden-Sydney
College); master’s of education, (George Washington
University); Ph.D in education leadership and
public administration (George Mason University.)
Your first job. Petroleum Transfer Technician,
in other words, I worked at a gas station.
Activities, interests and hobbies. Spending
time with my family, fishing, golf.
Favorite local restaurants. Coastal Flats,
Bellissimo.
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Community concerns.
Children’s health
care, congestion, cost of
living.
When you were
younger, what did
you want to be when
you grew up. Detective.
Community “hidden
treasure” you
think more people
Scott Poole
should know about:
George Mason
University’s Center for the Arts.
Personal goals. To be good husband and father;
to exercise on a regular basis; to read more often.
How did you begin working in the education
field? I had some terrific professors in college
that changed my attitude about learning, and I decided
that I wanted to do the same for others.
What have you learned about being a principal
that you did not expect to learn. I never
thought I would need to know so much about heating
and air conditioning systems.
What do you enjoy most about your job.
Every day is different.
— Michael O'Connell
On Thursday, May 15, the City of Fairfax Police Department
Citizens Academy conducted a graduation ceremony for the second session of
its Citizens Police Academy. The 10-week course ran from
March 6 to May 8. Class members learned about the City of
Fairfax Police Department’s operations and procedures through in-class training on
major crimes, gangs, crime scene investigation and other law enforcement issues. Front
row, from left, are: Lt. Bert Peacher, Patricia Palma, Debra Black, Colleen Bilowus, Larry
Steinman, Patrice Winter, Robert Thoensen and Leslie Osborne. Back Row, from left, are
Sean Stallman, Livingston Johnson, Richard Trivett, Arthur Cosing Jr., Walter Hocker,
John Tani, Jerome Shapiro, Paul Bilowus and Col. Richard Rappoport.
Viewpoints
What do you think about Gov. Tim
Kaine as a prospective running mate
for Barack Obama?
“Obama doesn’t have a lot of
experience, so I personally would
rather he have a running mate that
is more experienced with domestic
and primarily foreign affairs to
help guide him.”
Dorothy Doyle, Springfield
“I couldn’t care less about
Obama’s running mate because
I’m not voting for him.”
Kelly Withington, Springfield
“I think the Obama campaign is
considering Tim Kaine because
he’s less polarizing than Hillary
Clinton and they can capture the
undecided independent vote.”
Matthew Shepley, Fairfax
“It’s not a bad idea and quite
frankly it’d make Virginia look
good if he was elected.”
Arneta Smith, Lorton
— Sara Ronken
The Gardens assisted living facility in
Fashion Tea Fairfax and Draper’s and Damon’s
ladies’ dress shop hosted a spring
and summer fashion show and tea at
The Gardens at Fair Oaks on Sunday, May 4. Residents
and staff modeled the outfits. Laura Hills provided music
on the piano. Pictured, from left, are Shirley Hunter,
Gloria McIntyre, Sally Bedont, Elsie Butler, Mary Ann
Marples and Sharon Talley.
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