Your local school board works in close collaboration with district administrative staff, providing patron oversight and ensuring that district decisions reflect community values. Each member of the school board is a local community resident, and all either have children attending district schools or who graduated from Gardner Edgerton schools.

Facts about the School Board

• School board members are elected officials.
• School board members serve four-year terms.
• There are seven school board members:  two from each of the three established board member districts, and one at-large member.
• A school board member must live within his or her established board member district. The at-large member may reside anywhere within the school district.
• School board members are not paid for their service to the school district.
• School board positions come up for election on a rotating basis:

             Board District 1

             Position 4:  Elected in 2009; next election in 2013 (Michael McNulty)

             Position 1:  Elected in 2007; next election in 2015 (James Repshire)

             Board District 2

             Position 5:  Elected in 2009; next election in 2013 (Randy Fruits)

             Position 2: Elected in 2007; next election in 2015 (Mary Herbert)

             Board District 3

             Position 6: Elected in 2009, next election in 2013 (Ron Ragan)

             Position 3:  Elected in 2007; next election in 2015 (Tim Rayburn)

             Board At-Large

             Position 7:  Elected in 2007; next election in 2015 (Mark Grannell)

LINKS

2012-2013 Board Meeting Dates

The Kansas Association of School Boards

National School Boards Association

American School Board Journal