ASBSD
The ASBSD Board Recognition Program – ALL is designed to recognize school boards for their dedicated and ethical service to the students of South Dakota. This program will recognize board members’ participation in outside activities, board development and training, and demonstrated leadership at various areas and levels. “Board members put in a great deal […]
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ASBSD and SafeSchools Online Staff Training System are partnering to bring all member districts access to a market-leading training system creating even safer learning environments for students and staff members. Members of the Associated School Boards Protective Trust’s Workers’ Compensation and Property/Liability Funds have access to the training system at no cost and all
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The ASBSD Board ushered in a new year at their August meeting, which was held just before the 2016 ASBSD-SASD Convention. Anita Peterson, Haakon School Board Member, took the reigns as president with the passing of the gavel from Eric Stroeder, Mobridge-Pollock School Board President. Read about it here. Along with the
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The annual ASBSD President’s “passing of the gavel” accompanied the August Board of Directors meeting agenda. Eric Stroeder, Mobridge-Pollock School Board President, finished what he referred to as “a whirlwind year” as ASBSD President, passing the gavel to Haakon School Board Member Anita Peterson. “It’s been a great thrill to be ASBSD
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Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors recently elected Madison Central School Board President Tom Farrell to the Association’s 2nd Vice President position at their August meeting. Farrell has served on the ASBSD Board of Directors since 2014, as the representative for the Southeast Region’s 700-1,399 enrollment category, and as a member of the ASBSD Policy
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National School Boards Association (NSBA) President Miranda Beard joined the ASBSD Board of Directors at their August meeting and spoke at ASBSD-SASD Convention. At the ASBSD Board meeting, Beard, who began serving her year-long term as NSBA President in April, shared one of her motivations for serving on her local school board.
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Get ready for ASBSD’s 2016-17 acting, learning and leading events. Visit our Events Page or download the calendar and review all the events we’ll be hosting for the upcoming year. ASBSD starts the fiscal year with a new spin on a past event as we’ll be hosting three School Board President Workshops on
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Applications for Homeland Security grant funding is available. Public schools, along with state and local, public and private nonprofit agencies and non-public schools, are eligible to apply. The deadline to apply for the grant is Monday, August 1. Funding will be available by January 2017. Grants will focus on basic security measures,
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Policies of a school district, especially those negotiated with bargaining representatives for the protection of teachers, have the full force and effect of law, and legally bind the school district. By Gerry Kaufman, ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services House Bill 1214, the new law that prohibits school board members and
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The Corsica-Stickney School District has approximately 100 single unit desks on surplus. The desks were purchased during the 1970s. If anyone would like to purchase the desks, please contact Superintendent Scott Muckey via email at scott.muckey@k12.sd.us. If your district is seeking items to purchase or has items to sell, forward the information on
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Associated School Boards of South Dakota is a private, non-profit organization representing more than 850 local school board members, the school districts they govern and the students they serve.