Come to the 2014 ASBSD-SASD Convention and “Stand Up 4 Education” with your fellow school board members and administrators. This year’s Convention, scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday, August 7-8 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, will feature a panel discussion with four S.D. legislators on the future of education in South Dakota […]
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Matt Flett became the Director of Associated School Boards Protective Trust at the start of the 2015 fiscal year. By Matt Flett July 1 marked the first time in 25 years that Malcolm McKillop would not start the fiscal year as Director of the Protective Trust. As Malcolm ventures into retirement
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This post appeared in the July edition of the ASBSD Bulletin. Each month ASBSD President Pam Haukaas will highlight a topic, which is helping advance K-12 education in South Dakota. Welcome, new school board members. For some of you this may be the first Bulletin you have read. Let me congratulate you
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ASBSD Chief Financial Officer Bill Lynch discusses the fallout of a catastrophic event in a school district. By Bill Lynch You never know when catastrophe is coming. It may never happen. But, when it does, it’s unpredictable. However, how you’re prepared for those terrible situations can make a difference. The hard
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This month’s Bulletin includes information on the long-term study of K-12 funding, ASBSD’s new online training site – ASBSD School Board U, the upcoming early registration deadline for the 2014 Convention and much more. Click here to view the online edition.
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To help you prepare for the 2014-15 school year, we have prepared a calendar of ASBSD events for the upcoming year. Click here to download the calendar. Visit the Events page (https://asbsd.org/index.php/latestevents/) on our website to find registration links for the events. We will continue to send email reminders, as well as post information
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ASBSD is excited to announce we have launched ASBSD School Board U, an online training site for school board members. ASBSD School Board U offers board members five course options – School Board Governance, Fiscal Responsibility, Strategic Planning, a New Board Member Workshop and Ethical School Board Service. Visit our webpage to find registration links for
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ASBSD is excited to announce a new training opportunity for school board members. On Monday, July 7, we will launch ASBSD School Board U, an online training site for board members to train in four courses – School Board Governance, Fiscal Responsibility, Strategic Planning, Ethical School Board Service and a New Board Member Workshop. Visit www.schoolboardu.com/asbsd
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Hoven School District has a new home for their high school and is in need of 60 school lockers. As the district continues to recuperate from a fire in May that destroyed their high school, they will be moving all 7-12 grade students and teachers into a building which previously housed the hospital and
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ASBSD Policy Alert will be your source for the latest updates, commentary and information on school board policy. HB 1030 enacted a new statute, SDCL 13-42-70, to help ensure confidentiality of school employee evaluations. It essentially says that any employee evaluation record or document, in written or electronic form, is confidential personnel information, is
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