Board of Excellence Criteria
All boards who are recipients of the President’s Board Award or the Board of Excellence Award will be presented the award at their local Area Membership Meeting.
In 2025, 14 boards received the Board of Excellence Award
Bloomfield Community School District
Brady Public Schools
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
Cross County Community School District
David City Public Schools
ESU 3
Hershey Public Schools
Norris School District 160
Osmond Community Schools
Palmer Public Schools
Ralston Public Schools
St. Paul Public Schools
Sutton Public Schools
Ainsworth Community Schools
Frank Beel, Crystal Dailey, Bryan Doke, Jake Graff, Jessica Pozehl, Brad Wilkins
Bloomfield Community School District
Dee Bratetic, Brady Folck, Justin Jindra, Casey Schmeckpeper, Deb Wragge, Hally Ziegler
Brady Public Schools
Bryan Franzen, Sara Gentry, Tina Golter, Necole Miller, Marge Spencer, Ryan Stearns
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
Grant Fitzgerald, Garlyn Grosse, Jeremy Pleskac, Tim Shanahan, Todd Thiesen, Amanda Timmerman
Cross County Community School District
Jason Fellows, Kurt Moore, Cindy Nyberg, Quinn Peterson, Aaron Phillips, Marla Teegerstrom
David City Public Schools
Justin Krafka, Kasey Kuhlman, Don Moravec, Aaron Rerucha, Stephanie Summers, Marcus Thoendel
ESU 3
Marla Fries, Brett Kuhn, Ron Pearson, Mary Scarborough, Brenda Sherman, Ted Stilwill, Liz Tompkins, Stan Turner
Hershey Public Schools
Tim Berntson, Jason Bode, Steven Koch, Jodi Seamann, Yvette Troyer, Amy Wolfskill
Norris School District 160
Rhonda Burbach, Jim Devine, Craig Gana, Gary Kubicek, Stephanie Meese, Aaron Wubbels
Osmond Community Schools
Tyler Gansebom, Justin Koehler, Larry Krohn, Mark Moes, Michelle Reikofski, Tiffany Rice
Palmer Public Schools
Brian Friedrichsen, Daniel Hake, Heather Shotkoski, Justin Valasek, Todd Weller, Kathy Wolfe
Ralston Public Schools
Carrie Hough, Katie Krause, Elizabeth Kumru, Robin Richards, Mary Roarty, Samantha Willey
St. Paul Public Schools
Curt Dubas, Jason Meinecke, Marty Mrkvicka, Adam Rensch, Dan Scheer, Philip Thede
Sutton Public Schools
Teryl Andersen, Jarrod Aspegren, Jolene Griess, Jim Jones, Brent Mau, Jerry Overturf
Criteria
Board members must attain a minimum of Level I Award.
Board must have a voting delegate participate in the Annual NASB Delegate Assembly.
Members of the board must each attend a minimum of (2) two of the following Learning Opportunities during the current points year (Aug. 1 through July 31):
- NASB /NASA State Education Conference
- NASB/NASA Labor Relations Conference
- NASB Area Membership Meeting
- NASB Budget & Finance Workshop
- NASB Legislative Issues Conference
- NASB School Law Seminar
- National Conference (one per individual board member will count toward the board award)
Board Retreat and Board Goals: Qualifications require that the board participates in a board goal planning retreat/work session during the Award Year (Aug. 1 through July 31). The goals must be specific to improved board governance. Credit toward the Board Award is dependent upon the board submitting copies of the following documentation: board retreat minutes reflecting attendance of participating board members, and the board goals created.
The total points accumulated by the board must equal a minimum of 1,000.
The total points earned during the current Board Development year (by the individuals serving on the board as of July 31), must equal a minimum of 350.
The Board of Excellence award may be awarded to boards who meet the above criteria with the exclusion of one board member, i.e., 5 of 6 board members for a six-member board; 8 of 9 board members for a nine-member board, etc.
The deadline for earning the NASB Board of Excellence Award will be July 31, 2026. To be considered for the award, all changes to individual points must be submitted through CRM to the NASB office before July 15, 2026.
All boards who are recipients of a Board Award will be presented the award at
their local Area Membership Meeting.
2025 - 2026 Awards of Achievement Program Year
August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026, at 5:00 PM CT