More than 60 Catholic school educators gathered on November 15 for a presentation by LMU Center for Catholic Education Distinguished Fellow Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN, on “Hot Button Issues in Catholic School Law.”
A Sister of Charity of Nazareth, Sr. Shaughnessy holds a Ph.D. in educational administration and supervision from Boston College, a juris doctorate and master’s degree in English from the University of Louisville and a master’s degree in educational administration from Spalding University. A nationally recognized expert on law as it pertains to Catholic education, she has authored over thirty texts and taught at every level from elementary through graduate school. In addition to serving as a consultant to numerous dioceses, she is currently both general legal counsel and dean of the Graduate School at St. Catharine College in Kentucky.
Following her presentation, Sr. Shaughnessy joined Kevin Baxter, superintendent for elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, for a panel question and answer discussion. Also on the panel were two students in LMU’s Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership for Social Justice – Mary Beth Boyer, a teacher at Serra Catholic School in the Diocese of Orange, and Anna Marie Silva, assistant superintendent for elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Moderated by Jill Bickett, associate director of the doctoral program, the panelists expanded further on many of the discussed topics while fielding questions from several of the educators in attendance.
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