McKinney, Texas — Each year in January, McKinney ISD joins districts throughout the state in celebrating School Board Appreciation month to honor the seven men and women who lead and serve our district as members of the McKinney ISD Board of Trustees.
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Amy Dankel — President, Place 4
Lynn Sperry — Secretary, Place 5
Harvey Oaxaca — Vice President, Place 7
Board members are elected by the general public to serve overlapping terms of four years each. MISD Board members are not compensated for their service on the board, and elections for board seats are conducted annually each May. The candidates run for specific places on the board (Place 1, Place 2, etc.), but they represent McKinney ISD as a whole.
Their charge is to function under the legal parameters of the state and federal constitutions, statutes, courts and administrative agencies to provide the best educational opportunity possible for McKinney ISD students. School trustees are responsible for making final decisions regarding school district priorities, policies, budget, personnel, textbooks, expenditures and growth management. Working as a team of eight in conjunction with the McKinney ISD superintendent, the McKinney ISD Board of Trustees are an elected governance board with a shared sense of purpose focused on meeting the needs of all McKinney ISD students and the community.
Throughout January, McKinney ISD schools will invite Board members to their campuses to honor and celebrate them and to showcase the schools' teachers, students and programs. It gives students a chance to get to know their board members a little better and to learn about the governance of their school district. For the board members, it's an opportunity to witness the fruit of their labor and to meet some of the teachers and students they lead and serve.
Thank you to our McKinney ISD Board of Trustees!