Lindbergh School Board President to Lead MSBA

Lindbergh Schools Board of Education President Vic Lenz is the newest president of the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA), a news release from the district states. Lenz became MSBA president at the conclusion of the 2011 MSBA Leadership Summit, held Friday and Saturday in Columbia, MO.

The Missouri School Boards’ Association is a private, not-for-profit group that exists to help public school boards organize and lobby. Many school boards have members dedicated to coordinating with the MSBA, and some, like the Affton school board, even play the MSBA’s monthly video report at their regular meetings.

As MSBA president, Lenz will chair the statewide Education Round Table and Service Connection, serve on the Futurebuilders Foundation Board, work with MSBA’s 17 regional leadership committees and represent Missouri to the National School Boards’ Association.

The Lindbergh School Board was also recently one of 10 state school boards to .

During his remarks at the leadership summit, Lenz urged school board members to become even stronger advocates for public education and engage in shaping the future of the public schools in Missouri.

“President Thomas Jefferson believed that an educated citizenry is the basis of our democracy,” Lenz said. “In order to have an educated citizenry we must have a strong system of public education, and every student must have access to a quality free public education. With the visioning project that is being developed as a guideline, MSBA is going to be enhancing its advocacy programs and asking for increased effort in shaping legislation that will strengthen Missouri’s public schools.”