MISD Board Members Recognized
During the January MISD Board meeting, MES third grade student, Analise Renfroe, was recognized for placing second in the third-fourth grade division of the WKEC Regional Spelling Bee for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Renfroe qualified for the state bee to be held March 3 in Elizabethtown.
Coy Samons, MISD superintendent, is pictured handing Renfroe a certificate in recognition of this honor. Renfroe is joined by her friends in the MES Sign Language Club who signed an appreciation message to the MISD Board members in recognition of January as KY School Board Member Recognition month. Pictured with Renfroe in group photo are members of the MES Sign Language Club, instructor Vickie Watson, and MISD Board Members, Dr. Miranda Terry, Gina Winchester, Coy Samons, MISD superintendent, Dr. Richard Crouch and Shawn Smee. (Jason Howell, MISD Board vice-chair, is not pictured).
As Kentucky observes School Board Recognition Month in January, Murray Independent School District is joining in the celebration.
Dr. Richard Crouch, chair, Jason Howell, vice-chair, Shawn Smee, Dr. Miranda Terry, Gina Winchester are among the more than 850 school board members in the state’s 172 local school districts being recognized this month for their service.
The MISD honored these MISD Board members during the January Board Meeting in recognition of Kentucky Schools Board Member Recognition month, During the meeting, members of the MES Sign Language Club signed a message (below) to board members in appreciation of their service to the MISD. The MES Sign Language Club is directed by Vickie Watson and Shannon Harrell.
"Thank you school board members
for our awesome teachers
For our computers
For our school building
For our buses
For our playground
Thank you so much for everything"
This is the perfect time to thank school board members for serving in a role that has become increasingly complex, said David Webster, president of the Kentucky School Boards Association and chairman of the Simpson County school board.
“Members of the Murray Independent School District Board of Education are responsible for making decisions aimed at ensuring that every child in their district has a chance to be successful both in school and in life,” Webster said. “To do that, members oversee a $22-million budget, keep up with changing education laws and policies and spend hours on professional learning and state-mandated training.”
“Our community can be very proud of the Murray Independent School District team of board members, who work every day to provide the students of Murray Independent one of the best public education experiences in the Commonwealth,” said Coy Samons, MISD superintendent.