The Okaloosa County School Board issued a proclamation declaring that Wednesday, November 20, 2024, be recognized as National Education Support Professionals (ESP) Day.
Education Support Professionals Day is a day to celebrate and appreciate our paraprofessionals, bus drivers and aids, custodians, lunchroom workers, secretaries, translators, and so many more. Our ESPs work alongside other caring adults to help our students get what they need to succeed. Join us in this observance by expressing grateful appreciation to the ESPs for their commitment and dedication to the school system.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, public schools are the backbone of our democracy, providing young people with the tools they need to maintain our nation’s precious values of freedom, civility and equality; and
WHEREAS, Education Support Professionals are an integral part of the education process; and
WHEREAS, Education Support Professionals work tirelessly to serve our children and communities with care and professionalism; and
WHEREAS, on a daily basis, our Education Support Professionals take great pride in using their numerous skills which are rooted in human relations, communications, verbal presentations, technical knowledge, use of resources and positive personality traits; and
WHEREAS, the Education Support Professionals in our School District are to be commended for the professional manner in which they perform their duties; they put forth effort, individually and collectively, to assure that our educational system will continue to have prosperity and success;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the School Board of Okaloosa County, Florida, does hereby recognize and proclaim
November 20, 2024, as National Education Support Professionals Day
And urges all employees and the entire community to join in this observance by expressing grateful appreciation to the Education Support Professionals for their commitment and dedication to the school system.