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Walter G. Amprey has played an active role in both the Baltimore County and Baltimore City Public School System, holding a variety of positions including his appointment as Superintendent of Public Instruction for Baltimore City Public Schools in August of 1991. He was honored as Maryland Superintendent of the Year for the 1994-95 school year. He also served as the 1995-96 president of the Large City Schools Superintendents of the U.S. and Canada. In July of 1997, Dr. Amprey resigned from Baltimore City Public Schools to take a position as National Vice President for Urban Education with the National School Conference Institute, an organization that endeavors to use technology to provide Comprehensive Professional Development to school districts nationwide. In March 1999, Dr. Amprey accepted a position as Senior Vice President of Urban Education with Bingwa Educational Software in Atlanta, Georgia. In May of 2000, Dr. Amprey established his own Educational Consulting Firm named for his daughters Kimberly and Keli. The KimKeli Group endeavors to assist school districts around the nation in their efforts to find greater financial efficiencies and to find instructional programs that are proven to be effective. In July of 2000, Amprey served as facilitator with Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition s Public Policy Education Conference, Closing the Gap, in Chicago, Illinois. | 