STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education is among 23 Missouri school boards earning the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s 2025 Governance Team Award.
Left to Right: Board of Education Secretary Geralyn Diesel, Member Martha Resinger, Member Josh Gettinger, President David Bova, Member Jim Kirchner, Member Jamie Ballew, and Vice President Eric Basler.
This prestigious award is based on the outstanding commitment of the school board and superintendent to ongoing professional development in effective governance practices. The award also recognizes their commitment to regional and statewide leadership and to active participation in legislative advocacy for public schools and the students they serve.
Board of Education members are formally recognized with their 2025 plaque during the MSBA Annual Summer Summit held in Branson, Missouri, on June 16, 2025. Left to Right: Board of Education Member Josh Gettinger, Member Jim Kirchner, and President David Bova.
Recipients of the award have met the following criteria:
- The district is fully accredited.
- All seven school board members completed the Essential new board member certification from MSBA.
- All seven board members fulfilled the Refresher Training requirement for the current year through MSBA.
- At least two board members attained the Advanced level of certification from MSBA.
- At least one board member attained the Master level of certification.
- At least a quorum of the board and the superintendent attended the 2024 MSBA Annual Conference and a regional meeting during the past year.
- A representative attended the 2025 MSBA Advocacy Day.
- A board member representative participated in MSBA’s Delegate Assembly.
“We are excited to inform our community that the Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education has been recognized with this esteemed honor once again,” stated Superintendent Dr. Paul Taylor. “This achievement underscores the Board’s wholehearted dedication to our students and their future, reflecting their commitment to our community.”
The Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education received this award in 2024, 2020, 2019 and in 2016. The school boards receiving the award were recognized during MSBA’s Summer Summit held June 16 in Branson, Missouri.
The Missouri School Boards’ Association is a not-for-profit association that exists to help school boards ensure all students succeed.