Morenci Area Schools is joining 537 local and 56 intermediate school districts across Michigan to celebrate January as School Board Recognition Month.
Each January, we honor the community volunteers who serve on the school board. School board members represent the views and priorities of their community in the complex system of maintaining and running a district’s public schools. They also reinforce the principle of local control over public education, which is an important, highly valued aspect of education in Michigan.
Too often, the efforts of school board members go unrecognized. The school board’s main goal is to support student achievement. To achieve that goal, the board focuses on the following needs:
- Creating a shared vision for what parents and citizens want their school district to become and how to make student achievement the top priority.
- Setting standards for what students must learn and be able to do.
- Assessing whether schools achieve their goals and whether students are learning.
- Accounting for the outcomes of decisions by tracking progress and reporting results
- Aligning the use of the district’s human and financial resources.
- Creating a safe and orderly climate where students can learn, and teachers can teach.
- Collaborating to solve common problems and to support common successes.
- Focusing on continuous improvement by questioning, examining, revising, refining, and revisiting issues related to student achievement.
Even though we are making a special effort during January to show appreciation for our school board members, we recognize their contributions reflect a year-round effort on their part. No matter what challenges lie ahead for our district in 2023, our school board members will continue to govern to improve student achievement and provide exceptional education for all our community’s children.
Current Board Members: Scott Merillat, Brandon Stover, Rebecca Berger, Brad Moran and Heather Sarnac
Retiring Board Members: Laura Spencer and Perry Cox
Welcome New Board Member: Jodi Kruse
Thank you, board members, for all your hard work!