![]() ![]() Region VII – Colorado, Montana, Missouri, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.Region VI – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.Region V – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas. ![]() Region IV – Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.Region III – Alabama, Florida Georgia Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.Region II – Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, The District of Columbia and International.Region I – Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.William Magnotta, Immediate Past-President.The Current Officers and members of the Executive Committee are: The Executive Director and staff serve in the National Office, based in Washington, DC. MSA also has a regional structure with eight regions, each with a regional director who serves on the board. The executive committee is made up of the Treasurer, Secretary, Parliamentarian, President, President-Elect, and Past President. The Board of Directors, many of whom currently work in or with magnet schools, govern MSA. Magnet Schools of America is a professional association that is driven by its members representing nearly 3,400 magnet schools nationwide, as well as members of the community including, parents and families, school district leaders, businesses partners and institutions of higher education. Today, MSA sponsors programs, events, technical assistance, student scholarships, professional development, and leadership through the National Institute for Magnet School Leadership (NIMSL). Michelle Frazier is the former President and Elementary Magnet Schools Coordinator for the Office of Curriculum and Instruction of the Chicago Public Schools. The current executive director of the Magnet Schools of America is Todd Mann. Originally located in Houston, TX, MSA relocated its office to Washington, D.C. In 1994, MSA was approved by the IRS as a 501(c) 3 not-for profit, professional educational association. In the early 1990s, a small group of magnet leaders met and organized an Association of members. In the 1980s, Magnet Schools of America (MSA) was organized as a for-profit organization, incorporated in the State of Texas, sponsoring conferences. In 1970 four magnet elementary school with different curriculum focus were opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ![]() In 1989 the second magnet school, the Trotter Elementary School, was established in Boston. In 1968 the first American magnet school was created in Tacoma, Washington. In the late 1960s the magnet schools were created with the goal to increase diversity in public schools. The Magnet Schools of America (MSA) was formed to support magnet schools throughout the United States by means of goals such as desegregation, having businesses become actively involved in magnet schools, prompting federal financing, supporting legislation that supports magnet schools and to provide information to people of the benefits of magnet schools. ![]()
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