CAPE TEACHER ELECTED TO STATE MSTA OFFICE

Cape Girardeau teacher Doris Ford has been elected second vice president of the statewide Missouri State Teachers Association.

She was elected to the post at the MSTA convention in St. Louis last week.

Ford, a speech pathologist working for Cape Girardeau Public Schools, said keeping pressure on the legislature will be one of her top priorities. "We must have their attention. We most not lose it," she said.

Revision of the foundation formula, the state's method of distributing money to schools, and a proposed constitutional amendment calling for one-third of the state's general revenue to be spent on education are among to issues facing educators this year, she said.

Bill Lewis, an assistant high school principal from Neosho, is the new MSTA president. Veronica Hambacker, a junior high language arts teacher from Salem, was elected first vice president.

Ford has served on the Southeast District Executive Committee for five years and completed a term as district president in March 1991.

Chosen 1987 Outstanding MSTA Leader of the Year, Ford has been a members of MSTA for 25 years.

Her husband, Ralph, is a former president of MSTA.