Drawn from among 37 Boards of Distinction named earlier this month, the 2024 Boards of the Year are specially recognized within their respective size categories of small, medium, and large school districts.
This top honor recognizes a board that has shown significant vision and leadership that clearly resulted in positive and measurable student success. Each Board of the Year demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness within their board roles to support the success of their students and staff while serving their communities. Also, they significantly narrowed or closed opportunity gaps among students.
Each Board of the Year receives a trophy and certificate honoring their achievement. Additionally, each will receive a $500 check in recognition of their achievement from Trevor Carlson and Ryan Swanson of PiperSandler, who is the WSSDA Annual Conference Boards of the Year sponsor.
Yakima School Board
Yakima’s school board has clearly prioritized the voices and hopes of their students and families to increase opportunity and equity in their district. From creating a student voice council and policy to fostering community involvement through curriculum nights and multilingual resources and reinstating their dual-language program, Yakima has modeled excellent leadership as a school board.
