Collinsville Public Schools -- 1119 West Broadway -- Collinsville, OK 74021
For Immediate Release:

"School Boards Make a World of Difference"

School Board Recognition Month, in January, is celebrated by 539 local and 29 Career Tech school districts in Oklahoma, as over 2,700 elected school board members are honored by their schools and communities for untiring dedication to school goverance.

"The foundation of school leadership is ensuring equal learning opportunities for all students," said Superintendent Pat Herald. "We're proud of our district, and School Board Recognition Month is the time to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our elected trustees."

In Collinsville Public Schools, school board members must develop policies and make tough decisions on complex educational and social issues impacting the entire community. They bear the responsibility for an annual budget of $16 million, 2,514 students and 300 employees and 5 campuses.

"School Board members make decisions that effect 627,575 Oklahoma children and $3.8 billion in educational expenditures," notes Herald. They preserve the core of our democrary -- public education.

It is my pleasure to extend this recognition to Collinsville Board members President Donna Sears, Vice President Wendell Johnson, Clerk Memory Ostrander and Member Joe Hampton and Member Steve Stout.