Toledo City Council member nominated by governor for special honor
Cerssandra McPherson works with special education students.
TOLEDO, Ohio — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria together with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Friday, honored Cerssandra McPherson, a paraprofessional working with special education students in the Toledo Public School System, and Barbara Ward, a school bus driver for the Fairland Local School District, as Ohio’s nominees for the first annual national Recognizing Inspirational School Employees or RISE Award.
McPherson is a current Toledo City Council member.
The RISE Award promotes the commitment and excellence exhibited by full or part-time classified school employees who provide exemplary service to students in prekindergarten through high school. Each state may nominate up to two candidates annually for consideration for the national award. The U.S. secretary of education will announce the national award winner in the spring.
