College Place Public Schools Migrant Specialist Anna Inman was awarded the “2022-2023 Records Clerk/Recruiter of the Year Award” from the Washington State Migrant Education Program at the state conference held in Yakima August 17th and 18th. The award recognizes staff members in the state who work with work to identify and support migrant students and families by breaking down barriers to access school. Inman, who joined College Place in the Fall of 2022 has had an immeasurable impact on the students and families by creating strong connections that have allowed them to be successful in the district. Her selection for the award was from a wide pool of candidates from across the state.
Superintendent Jim Fry said, “Anna’s immediate and wide-ranging impact has been incredible. Since joining our team, she has found ways to engage our migrant community in ways we have struggled to do in recent years. The number of student leadership activities as well as parent educational opportunities she has provided have allowed our families to find a home in College Place Public Schools.”
Ms. Inman spearheaded numerous activities in the schools and in the community; including Valle Lindo farmworkers labor housing. The projects were aimed at educating students and families while giving them resources to better student and parent education and access to resources in the Walla Walla Valley. Recently Anna traveled with students to Olympia for the LEAP (Latino/a Educational Achievement Project) Conference to interact with state legislators and learn leadership skills returning with students with broadened perspective and ambitions to empower their community. Under Anna, the CPPS Adult Night School is looking forward to its second successful year of bringing a wide-range of topics to support parents of migrant students in the school district from financial literacy, English language development, to culinary arts classes.