January
is School Board Recognition Month—a time to say a formal ‘thank you’ for the
work of our volunteer school board members. The theme this year is “Building a
Brighter Future for All Children.” This reflects our district’s commitment to
leadership and accountability assuring that ALL children succeed.
These are
exciting and challenging times in public education. The decisions that must be
made are difficult ones. School board members in Kingman-Norwich
develop policies and make tough decisions that help shape
the future of our education system, and in turn our communities. They bear
responsibility for an annual budget of $ 10 million, nearly 1000 students, 165
employees and three school facilities and several other support buildings.
Our board
of education, and the hundreds like it across the state, preserves the core of
our democracy—public education. They ensure that decisions affecting our
community’s children are made by people we’ve elected to represent our
community’s values, culture and circumstances.
Showing
appreciation for the important work of school boards should be a year-round
process, but too often we neglect to recognize the dedication and hard work of
these men and women who represent us. This January, the staff and students of
our district are asking all members of the community to take a moment and thank
a school board member. Thank them for giving of their time and fulfilling this
civic responsibility to make local control of public schools in our community
possible.
We
applaud them for their vision and their willingness to accept the
responsibility of today’s students to become tomorrow’s leaders. The men and
women serving Kingman-Norwich and
their years of service are:
Tammy
Schrag – President 2 years
Matt
Ricke – Vice President 2 years
Jodi
Swinehart – 8 years
Andrea
Shipley – 4 years
Allen
Young – 10 years
David
Lux – 2 years
Jeff
Branstetter – 2 years
Sincerely,
Dr. Bob
Diepenbrock, Superintendent
USD
331 Kingman-Norwich Superintendent
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