School Board Recognition Month

By proclamation of the governor, January is School Board Recognition Month. It’s a great time to recognize our elected community members who selflessly give their time and energy in support of high-quality public schooling for our youth.

Our communities entrust school board members in the Lind and Ritzville School Districts with responsibility for our students, employees, buildings and annual budgets.

School boards are charged with making decisions that can sometimes be quite difficult, or require sifting through a great deal of information.

They also bear responsibility for developing a visio...