No School for students on Monday, January 21, 2019.  

January 10, 2019

The key to a brighter future for our nation’s children is a strong public education system. Every day, students count on public schools across the country to help prepare them for a successful future. Whether they understand it or not, students rely on adults in our schools to help them ensure they have access to resources to help them learn, keep their buildings safe, and have highly qualified teachers to guide them in their learning. It takes a pure, unwavering commitment to a community to make this all possible.

The unsung heroes contributing to the success of our students are dedicated and ordinary citizens with an extraordinary commitment to public schools: they are our school board members. Cros-Lex School Board Members approach their volunteer work like it is a full-time job, making personal sacrifices, and often they are willing to take time away from their own families as they strive to ensure our students and employees have the best possible schools to learn and work.

Their job is to establish a vision for the education program, design a structure to achieve that vision, ensure schools are accountable to the community and strongly advocate for continuous improvement in student learning. The job of a school board member is tough, the hours are long, and many times they are not appreciated as much as they deserve for the difficult and important role they have as a member of a School Board.

The month of January marks the observance of School Board Recognition Month. This is an opportunity to show our year-round appreciation for these servant leaders and begin to better understand how local trustees work together to prepare today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders. We encourage you to join with others throughout our community, state and nation, to honor the men and women who provide grassroots governance of public schools.

I invite you to join me in thanking the following Croswell-Lexington Community School Board Members for their service and dedication to our Schools’ and community:

Mrs. Katie Gordon, Mr. Dennis Gardner, Mr. Joe Vitale, Mr. Mike Noll, Ms. Amie Stillson, Mr. Russell Nowiski, and recently elected new school Board Member Ms. Kim Kerszykowski. 

Respectfully,

Daniel E. Gilbertson

Superintendent