Virginia
Budge is a fictional character created by playwright Bridget Ossmann in
her musical comedy "Teachers Left Behind". Virginia is a retired
teacher that believes state tests and grade point averages do not show
the full talents and potential of any individual. Virginia Budge feels,
as many educators feel, that students are:
"More than a Test Score."
Mission Statement
The
Virginia Budge Award exists to create, promote, develop, sponsor,
sustain, facilitate, and further the Arts within Butler County, Ohio.
For the mission of the Committee, the term “Arts” shall be defined and
literally construed to include the making or doing of things that have
form and beauty, and to encompass all forms of Arts including the Arts
of music, painting, sculpture, dance, theater, film, opera, ballet, and
any other of the performing Arts requiring and exhibiting an exceptional
level of creativity, skill or talent.
