Nebraska School Board Recognition Week
January 22, 2012
School Board Recognition Week
January 22 through January 28, 2012 has been proclaimed by our state Governor to be School Board Member Week.
Our School Board members provide dedicated service to our school community and our children. Please consider taking some time to thank our local Board members for their service and leadership within our school community. The members of the Bayard Public Schools Board of Education are:
Tate Rice, President
Greg Schmall, Vice President
Annette Frerichs, Secretary
Randy Eirich, Member
Kim Kildow, Member
Donna Stuart, Member
Please see below to read the Governor’s proclamation:
A PROCLAMATION FOR 2012 NEBRASKA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WEEK
WHEREAS, Nearly 2,000 Nebraska citizens currently volunteer their time to serve on local public school boards throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, Board members must bring their communities to consensus on a vision for its schools, and use that vision to meet the current and future needs of our children; and
WHEREAS, The local board of education is a uniquely American institution that has made the public schools both flexible and responsible to the needs of the local communities, our state, and our nation while keeping alive the American ideal of representative government; and
WHEREAS, School board members serve in this representative government first and foremost as trustees for our children; and
WHEREAS, All Nebraskans should recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions made by our locally elected school board members, who work to en¬sure the delivery of quality education for our children.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, David Heineman, Governor of the State of Nebraska, under the authority vested in me by law and in accordance with the established custom, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM the 22nd through the 28th of January, 2012 as
SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER WEEK
throughout the State of Nebraska and urge all citizens to take due note of the observance.
