Created in 2001 by the Public Relations Committee and the Executive Committee, the Five Star Award honors local affiliates that are leaders in involvement with the Association. This year’s list of winners includes a number of local affiliates who are receiving this award for the first time.

To receive the Five-Star Local Award, a local association needed to fulfill five of the following criteria during the 2006-07 school year:

1. send a representative to both NEOEA Representative Assemblies;
2. send a representative to both OEA Representative Assemblies;
3. send a member to attend at least one NEOEA workshop other than NEOEA Day;
4. send a representative to at least half of the meetings of a UniServ Council that met at least three times;
5. have at least 25% of its members contributing to the Ohio Fund for Children and Public Education (FCPE); and
6. submit an application for at least one of the three NEOEA Public Relations awards:

You are a winner: 0002798189

• Public Relations Mini-Grants
• Positive Image Award
• Newsletter Award

• ACCESS


• Austintown EA


• Bedford EA


• Boardman EA*


• Brecksville-Broadview EA


• Brunswick EA


• Brunswick ESP Assn.*


• Canfield EA


• Chardon EA*


• Clearview EA*


• Conneaut EA*


• Copley TA*


• Cuyahoga Heights Assn. of Teachers


• East Cleveland EA


• Euclid TA


• Field Local TA


• Howland Classroom TA


• Hubbard EA


• Independence EA


• Lorain EA


• Maple Heights TA


• Mayfield Assn. of Support Personnel (MASP)


• Medina City TA


• Mentor CEA


• Mentor TA


• Midview EA


• Nordonia Hills Educators' Assn.


• Painesville City TA


• Parma EA


• Sheffield-Sheffield Lake TA*


• Southeast Local District TA


• Stow TA*


• Tallmadge TA*


• Twinsburg EA


• Warren EA


• Wellington Support Staff Assn.


• West Branch EA*


• Youngstown EA


• YSU-ACE

*Indicates first time award recipient.