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Judi Snelling
Broker Associate - GRI, ABR, RRS
(970) 626-3282 Ofc
(970) 318-8437 Cell
(970) 626-3283 Fax
Keller Williams Realty
133 North Lena Street
Unit 1
PO Box 602
Ridgway, Colorado 81432

4/30/02

To Whom It May Concern,
Judi Snelling has asked that I write a letter of reference for her and it is with pleasure that I do so. Judi has served our district and its students well and been an invaluable help to me over the last three years. She has served in an exemplary manner as School To Career coordinator, grant writer, life skills teacher and as Chair of the Accountability Team. Additionally, her connections in the real estate business have enabled us to recruit, hire and retain new teachers.
Judi brings a great wealth of education, training and experience in the area of career exploration and training as well as vocational education that have worked to the benefit of our students. Her work with at-risk students was an integral part of the success in obtaining a $33,000 Christa MaCauliffe Fellowship grant to build a solar-powered car to compete in the Winston Challenge in Texas.
Her efforts in Life Skills curriculum have brought many useful programs and teacher training sessions to our school. Her connections in the business community have resulted in several opportunities for our students that would have gone unnoticed had it not been for Judi's assistance. We now have a connection to the workforce program for our students that did not exist in the past.
One of her accomplishments that have meant the most to me has been her successful effort to achieve a turn around of the Accountability Team. Prior to Judi's leadership, the Accountability team meeting seemed to focus on the negative and made for unpleasant meetings. Thanks to Judi, the team was able to look for and promote the positive accomplishments of our school and move forward with the improvement process.
Any district that would be fortunate enough to hire Judi Snelling, could expect to witness great improvement in their School To Career and Vocational Education programs. She has my highest recommendation as the best individual I have met in this field in my career in education dating back to the 1960s. Should a personal conversation or any additional information be desired, please do not hesitate to call.
Respectfully,
Steve Fitzgerald
Principal, Ridgway Schools

02/13/01
To Whom It May Concern:
I had the pleasure of working with Judy Snelling on Ridgway's 2000 New Years Celebration (R2K), to provide a community event through a family dance and .party.
Judy came in at the last minute and truly "baled out" the R2K Committee when a local youth program did not follow through and provide the segments they had agreed to. Judy single handedly organized a two hour teen dance that was held prior to the family event;
decorated the whole facility; organized a child care area with volunteers and games and events for the children; did all ordering for the bar and organized volunteer bartenders and wait staff.
The R2K event turned out to be the largest attended event we have had in our community in many years? Parents thanked us for days on organizing the event so the whole family could participate. The child care provided parents with the ability to include all members of the family in this important event. Everyone of all ages had a great time and enjoyed spending this special holiday with family, friends and neighbors. And, without Judy's assistance the event would not have been the total success it was!
Sincerely,
Pam Kraft
Ridgway, CO

Dear Ms. Snelling:
On behalf of the Colorado School-to-Career Partnership Interagency Team, I would like to congratulate you on your community's efforts to establish a local School-to-Career Partnership. Your community partnership grant has been approved and recommended for funding. The Ridgway partnership's proposal was very creative in integrating School-to-Career and accreditation. Your experiences as you implement will be invaluable to other partnerships. The Interagency team approved your entire request contingent on your production of a product that would provide guidelines on how to integrate School-to-Career and accreditation. Please contact Susan McAlanon (303-866-6715) to discuss in more detail the product,
You have been awarded at implementation level in the amount of $93,600 for the period October 1, 1998 to September 30. 2000. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Governor's office and your community's partnership will be sent soon.
We look forward to an ongoing School-to-Career partnership with you. Part of that relationship will include continuing communication about a variety of issues. A significant amount of the CSTCP information (including all financial information) will be sent on Colorado Education On Line, a statewide computer network, Please contact Sarah Winbourn to become connected to Colorado Education On Line. If you have any questions, please call Stephanie Cunningham at the Colorado School-to-Career Partnership office at (303) 894-2058. Congratulations on your School-to-Career grant award.
Sincerely,
Gail Schoettler
Lieutenant Governor
Chair, Colorado School-to-Career Partnership