Blue Valley School District USD 229, Kansas
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Blue Valley School District (USD 229) is located in Johnson County, Kansas and is home to 19 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 1 academy, and 5 high schools. [1]
Transparency at Blue Valley
The Kansas Department of Education has provided a "Budget at a Glance" for each school ditrict in Kansas. Blue Valley's 2007-2008 Budget gives a summary of expidentures, average salaries, and sources of revenue.
The website for Blue Valley School District does provide profiles and a means for contacting each member of the school board. It also provides the time, date and location for board meetings in addition to instructions on how to address the board during an open forum. The meeting minutes and agendas are linked as PDF files on the appropriate page.
Other Kansas school districts have varying degrees of transparency on their own websites, but the Kansas Deparment of Education has at least provided basic data on each one.
Board of Education
There are seven board members of Blue Valley School District, two postions for each of the three districts and one at-large member who serves as President of the Board. Members are elected in odd-year spring elections for four-year terms. The 2009 Spring Elections will be held on April 7.
Currently serving:[2]
Dan French- Position 6 (Term expires 2009)
Lori Hisle- Position 3 (Term expires 2011)
Steve Klika, Vice President Position 5 (Term expires 2009)
Sue Matson- Position 4 (Term expires 2009)
Pam Robinson- Postion 1 (Term expires 2011)
Clint Robinson, President At-Large (Term expires 2011)
Tony Thill- Positon 2 (Term expires 2011)
Additional contact information can be found at the Johnson County Election Office website.
References
- ↑ "Blue Valley School District website", August 22, 2008
- ↑ "Johnson County Election Office", August 22, 2008
