School Board members are elected by their local communities in an election held the second Tuesday of each April. They serve three-year terms, with part of the board elected each year to maintain continuity and experience.
School board members are guardians of the public trust and, through the policies they make, are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of local public education. The board serves as the advocate for educational excellence for the community's youth and puts those interests first. The policies school boards make dictate the standards and philosophy by which schools are run and the criteria used to judge whether they are being run well.
This responsibility often entails difficult choices, self-sacrifice and exposure to public criticism. However, it also brings a great deal of personal satisfaction in sharing with parents, staff and students their academic successes. This crucial responsibility and the closeness of board members to the voters make the local board of education the purest example of democracy our society presents.
School board members in Missouri receive no pay. Their reward is the satisfaction they receive from public service. More than 3,700 Missourians serve on local school boards.
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Lisa Welker, President
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Beth Petry, Vice-President
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Renee Sucharski, Treasurer Elected to the Board April 2016 Contact Mrs. Sucharski |
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Angie Oshia, Director
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Rob Kruse, Director
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Jane Heine, Director Jane Heine is a Nurse Practitioner and currently works as an Instructor for Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish. Jane and her husband Steve have 6 children ranging in age from 8-19 years, all of whom are currently attending Hillsboro schools with one recent graduate. Contact Mrs. Heine |
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Jon Schuessler, Director Elected to the Board April 2018 |
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Beth Ann Johnston,
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