When they “graduate” from the Disney Institute’s leadership workshop in November, 50 hand-picked Fairfax County Public School administrators will receive a certificate of completion and Mickey Mouse ears, complete with tassels. Fairfax County taxpayers will get a bill for $50,000 — not including airfare to and from Orlando, Fla., $125 per diems for two travel days and hotel accommodations “comparable in quality to the Walt Disney World Resort hotels designated by us as ‘moderate’ ” for Disney “cast members.” The agreement, signed on March 5, 2012, by Terri Breeden, FCPS assistant superintendent for professional learning and accountability, specifies that non-FCPS employees cannot attend this private event without prior approval. Disney would not provide The Washington Examiner with a copy of the course catalog.
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