Meridian students, staff, administration, and Board of Education exert state-level influence
Part of Meridian’s mission is to create community contributors and our vision is to achieve world-class results. Over the past handful of years we have focused on ensuring this is not only the goal in the classroom, but in everything that we do. As a result, there has been a concentrated effort to have Meridian students, staff, administration, and Board of Education become involved in regional and state-wide activities. In doing so, we have had many members of our school community exert significant influence at the state-level. They are as follows:
STUDENTS
Mackenzie Flynn – Illinois State Board of Education Student Advisory
Nate Youman – Illinois State Board of Education Student Advisory
Jacob Rhodes – Illinois High School Association Student Advisory
Payton Voltz - Illinois High School Association Student Advisory
FACULTY
Kim Hofmeister - Setting and Linking Study Conference for the Illinois Licensure Testing System Committee
Abby Risner – ILMEA District Representative for the Board of the Illinois Choral Directors
Bill Polasky - Executive Committee for the Illinois State Teachers of the Year, Advance Illinois Educator Advisory Committee, and Teach Plus Policy Fellow
Teresa Eden - Advance Illinois Educator Advisory Committee
Julie Foss- Treasurer of the Northern Illinois Reading Council
Beth Kleinschmidt – Illinois SAT Standard Setting (Math)
Diane Koenig – Scalding Developmental Education Reform in Illinois Advisory and Illinois Community College Board Return to Campus Guidance Committee
Shawn Byers – Illinois High School Association Softball Advisory Committee
Laura Henderson and Ed Liegl - Transitional English Language Arts Advisory
ADMINSTRATION and BOARD of EDUCATION
Joe Mullikin – Illinois Principals Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Regional Chair and Illinois ASCD Communications Chair
Heather Alderks – Illinois High School Association Legislative Commission.
Leslie Showers – Illinois High School Association Legislative Commission, Do What’s Right Committee, and the Cheer Advisory Committee
Jill Huber – Vice Chair of the Northwest Division of the Illinois Association of School Boards
PJ Caposey – Advisory to the State Superintendent
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