DES MOINES, IOWA (November 22, 2019) — The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) presented the 2018-19 Better Boardsmanship Awards on November 21 during the IASB Annual Convention in Des Moines. The awards are given each year to board members, board teams, and superintendents who dedicate time and effort to learning, advocacy, leadership, and service-projects to expand their knowledge and skills for better governance. Applicants must accumulate a specific number of credits to earn these awards. Award winner photos are available on the IASB website.
Individual Achievement Award were presented to 57 board members from 31 K-12 school-boards, four area education agency-boards, and one community-college board. Individual award winners are listed on the IASB website.
Ames Community Schools
Ballard Community Schools
Cedar Rapids Community Schools
Charles City Community Schools
Colfax-Mingo Community Schools
Colo-NESCO Community Schools
Decorah Community Schools
Eagle Grove Community Schools
Fairfield Community Schools
Fort Madison Community Schools
Grant Wood AEA
Green Hills AEA
Heartland AEA
Independence Community Schools
Iowa City Community Schools
Johnston Community Schools
Kirkwood Community College
Le Mars Community Schools
Lewis Central Community Schools
Marshalltown Community Schools
Muscatine Community Schools
New Hampton Community Schools
New London Community Schools
North Cedar Community Schools
Northwest AEA
Norwalk Community Schools
Oskaloosa Community Schools
Pella Community Schools
Perry Community Schools
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community Schools
Sioux City Community Schools
Solon Community Schools
Starmont Community Schools
United Community Schools
Waverly-Shell Rock Community Schools
West Delaware County Community Schools
West Des Moines Community Schools
Team Achievement Award plaques were presented to four school-boards with a majority of individual board-members who won the Individual Achievement Award and for having a board-development policy:
Charles City Community Schools
Le Mars Community Schools
Solon Community Schools
West Delaware Community Schools
The Award of Honor was presented to eight superintendents who invested time and effort to build skills and knowledge needed to be informed decision-makers:
Mike Fisher, Charles City Community Schools
Russ Reiter, Independence Community Schools
Laura Kacer, Johnston Community Schools
Steve Webner, Le Mars Community Schools
Theron Schutte, Marshalltown Community Schools
Jay Jurrens, New Hampton Community Schools
Davis Eidahl, Solon Community Schools
Kristen Rickey, West Delaware Community Schools
Please visit the IASB website for a full list of award winners and photos of the winners receiving recognition.
IASB is a nonprofit organization representing Iowa’s 327 school districts, nine area education agencies, and 15 community colleges.
