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The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) held its Annual Convention earlier this month. The event included an awards ceremony, during which several area board members were recognized.

The Individual Achievement Award was presented to 218 board members from 92 different boards. Recipients of the award completed at least 15 hours of professional learning in one year. This went to Fairfield’s Mark Porter, Tai Ward, Tim Bower, and Christi Welsh, along with Mid-Prairie’s Jake Snider and Gabrielle Frederick, and Mt. Pleasant’s Jennifer Crull.

For having a majority of its members earn the Individual Achievement Award, the Fairfield School Board was one of 30 in Iowa to receive the Team Achievement Award. Joining Porter, Ward, Bower, and Welsh were Frank Broz, John McKerley, and Margo Von Strohuber.

Finally, 29 superintendents were given the Award of Honor, which recognizes administrators who completed at least 15 hours of learning, and had at least two board members do the same. One of the recipients was Fairfield Superintendent Stephanie Mishler.

IASB is a non-profit organization representing Iowa’s 325 school districts, nine area education agencies, and 15 community colleges.