09/08/2010 - Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling and Secretary of Technology Jim Duffey presented the 2010 Governor's Technology Awards at an evening ceremony at COVITS on September 7, 2010. Colonial Heights Schools received an Honorable Mention for the awards category Innovation in K-12 Education. Director of Technology and Learning Mark D. Webster accepted the award on behalf of the school division for their nomination entitled Building a Fiber Optic Gigabit Wide Area Network. Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling congratulated all of the recipients, which included school divisions, universities, state agencies, and local governments, and stated that they had received a record number of nominations for 2010.

For more information, please visit the COVITS (Commonwealth of Virginia's Innovative Technology Symposium) awards website: http://www.covits.org/governor%27s_technology_awards/winners.cfm

--> Governor McDonnell has issued a press release recognizing the recipients of the 2010 Governor's Technology awards (PDF copy of news article).

• http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/viewRelease.cfm?id=363 (Governor's website)
  

• Colonial Heights schools receive technology honor from governor (Progress-Index article)