And, the Winner Is...

Dario Franchitti, the winningest British driver in U.S. open-wheel history, won yesterday's Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. He's a native of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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International School names new Head of School

David Garner will be the new head of the International School of Indiana beginning in August. He replaces Alain Weber, who will officially leave on 30 June to become the Head of the French Lycée in Chicago.

Garner is currently the Head of School at the International Secondary School in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. A native of Nottingham, UK, he is moving to Indianapolis with his wife Sylvie (who is French) and their daughter, Nathalie. A son, Jonathan, lives near Toronto, Ontario.

More than 200 students, parents, faculty and others attended Weber’s farewell party in the school’s Taurel Building on 24 May. Mr. Weber was also presented with the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash award, a Declaration from the Mayor of Indianapolis of Alain Weber Day, and a presentation of the Alain Weber Endowment Scholarship.

Garner is an expert in international education, language acquisition and the impact of language on cognitive development. Prior to his work at International Secondary School of Eindhoven, Mr. Garner was the Headmaster of the Grammar School, British International School of Prague. His teaching experience includes serving as an IB English instructor at the International School of Vienna and as the Regional Project Director with the Centre for British Teachers Ltd. in Morocco, supervising the work of British teachers placed in French-speaking Moroccan secondary schools to teach English.

Mr. Garner, who has dual French and English citizenship, has an MBA in Educational Management from the University of Leicester in the UK and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, also in the UK. He speaks German, French, Russian, Dutch and English.

British firm asks for tax breaks in Greenwood

According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, quoting The Daily Journal of Franklin, Keronite International Ltd., a British company with technology for putting hard surfaces on metals, has asked Greenwood for tax incentives to establish a plant with 29 jobs. The plant would be located at Interstate 65 and Rocklane Road.