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Nominate the best board and community members for the ASBSD Awards

Let’s honor those that give their time and effort to enhance education in their district.   We’re asking for candidates for ASBSD’s School Board Award of Excellence, Outstanding School Board Member of the Year, Community Service Award and Longevity Award.   “We need nominations to recognize and thank those outstanding individuals and boards for their …

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Webinars share benefits of paperless meeting service

As the pioneer of eGovernance, BoardDocs has helped over 1,000 school districts nationwide improve the way they prepare, provide information for and operate a meeting.   Recently, BoardDocs, in conjunction with ASBSD, hosted webinars for school districts to share the benefits of paperless meetings.   Download the presentation from the webinars here.   ASBSD and BoardDocs have partnered …

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A Message from the Director of the Protective Trust

By Matt Flett, Director of Protective Trust Services     The Protective Trust continues to have a busy spring preparing renewals for health, property/liability, and workers’ compensation for the combination of more than 100 participating school districts.   We have exciting news about our health fund: the South Dakota School District Benefits Fund.   The fund …

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ASBSD Board and Blue Ribbon Task Force members meet

ASBSD’s Board of Directors met with members of the Blue Ribbon Task Force at their April meeting to discuss the needs and challenges facing schools and expectations of the task force.   Rep. Jacqueline Sly, who will co-chair the committee, and TIE Learning Specialist Dr. Jim Parry joined the Board of Directors in Keystone (read …

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Board of Directors review direction of ASBSD

ASBSD Board of Director members met for the second time in 2015 in Keystone on April 24-25 and took part in a strategic planning activity and approved the Association’s fiscal year 2016 budget among other actions.   Board of Director members also met with Blue Ribbon Task Force members, read about it here.     …

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Ed. task force listening session dates set, input needed

School board members and administrators can add another date, or six, to their calendar as South Dakota’s Blue Ribbon Task Force – charged with solving the teacher shortage, reviewing school funding and examining student achievement – has scheduled six listening sessions across the state.   Meetings are expected to run from 6:30 to 8 p.m., …

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