Southeast Polk School Board Member Adam Krell and Superintendent Dr. Dirk Halupnik attended the Iowa Association of School Board’s (IASB) annual Day on the Hill on Jan. 30, 2018. This is the first year that IASB has collaborated with Parents for Great Iowa Schools, a parental advocacy group, to invite parents to attend training and lobbying at the Capitol as well. Nearly 200 school board members, superintendents and parents from across Iowa traveled to the Iowa State Capitol to make their voices heard on important education issues.
Attendees first met for advocacy training, budget updates and legislative briefings with IASB staff. Governor Kim Reynolds spoke on her education priorities and also answered questions. Two former speakers of the house, Brent Siegrist and Christopher Rants, were on hand to answer questions and offer insights on how to effectively lobby legislators.
Following their morning of training, participants went to the Capitol focused on educating legislators about issues important to Iowa schools:
Photo caption: [Joe Crozier (Grant Wood AEA Chief Administrator), Adam Krell (SEP Board Member), Dr. Dirk Halupnik (SEP Superintendent), Jim Green (Grant Wood AEA)] with [Representative Ashley Hinson].
