MNEA delegates elect officers, adopt budget, present awards at 2013 Spring Representative Assembly
At its April 20-21 meeting, the Missouri NEA Representative Assembly approved a new MNEA budget and resolutions, and honored excellence through MNEA’s awards program.
Delegates also adopted bylaw amendments that combined a few of the standing committees, and voted to sustain the Ballot Issue Crisis Fund assessment, a fund the MNEA Representative Assembly established in 2006 to respond to the increasing constitutional attacks on public education. The fund provides members an opportunity to strike back at the ballot issue threats against Missouri public schools. By assessing every active member $1 per month during the next year, the assembly voted to fortify the MNEA Ballot Issue Crisis Fund.
MNEA Election Results
MNEA President
Charles E. Smith
Vice President
Brent Fullington
NEA Director
Lisa Kickbusch
2013-2015 Budget Committee member
Jessie Troester
MNEA Board of Directors
Gov. Dist. 3 Caryn Deckard
Gov. Dist. 4 Christopher Eager
Gov. Dist. 5 Terry Beasley
Gov. Dist. 7 Donna Rudroff
Gov. Dist. 9 Laurie Brickey
Gov. Dist. 10 Sarah Keith
Gov. Dist. 11 Connie Levels
ESP-at-large – Carmen Hill
Heritage House Trustees
Florence Pullen
Joyce Bluett
MNEA Awards
Horace Mann Friend of Education Award
MNEA presented the following Horace Mann Friend of Education Awards. (Award Details)
Organizational Achievement - Corporate
Best Teachers Supply, O’Fallon
Organization Achievement - Civic Award
Special Education Foundation, Ballwin, MO
Journalism Print
Wiley Price, the St. Louis American
Journalism Radio
David Lile, KFRU 1400, Columbia
Legislation
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, Fifth Congressional Dist.
Individual Contribution to Education
Russ Still, Columbia
Education Support Professional
Carmen Hill, NEA St. Louis
Teacher
Ken Holzapfel, Special School District
Soar with the Eagles Award (Details)
Mindy Nix, Indenpendence NEA
Lorna Bottger Award for Political Action (Details)
Bill Guinther, MNEA-Retired
2012-13 Membership Pacesetter Awards (Details)
Greatest Numerical Increase From August 2012 - January 2013
Locals of 2-40 members:
Marshfield MNEA, Maplewood/Richmond Heights, Missouri State University Teachers (3rd consecutive year), St. Charles Bus Drivers
Locals of 41-100 members:
Ste. Genevieve ESP NEA, Valley Park NEA, West Plains NEA, Riverview Gardens NEA, Hazelwood ASP (3rd consecutive year)
Locals of 101-300 members:
Affton EA, Joplin NEA (2nd consecutive year), Belton NEA, Northwest EA, Francis Howell ESPA
Locals of 301+ members:
Springfield NEA, Wentzville NEA, Independence NEA (2nd consecutive year), , Columbia MNEA (4th consecutive year), Normandy NEA
Locals Reporting Enrollment of at Least 80 percent of New Employees in Membership Year 2013
Festus NEA (80percent)
Wentzville NEA (81 percent)
Rockwood (82 percent)