Tim HigginsKearney Public School Board member Tim Higgins has been
elected to the Region 13 seat on the Nebraska Board of Directors (NASB). His first meeting as a voting board
member was Jan. 21 in Lincoln.
Higgins was nominated to fill a seat vacated by Marilyn Bohn, of Ravenna, who was elected as vice president of the organization at the NASB Delegate Assembly
last November.
The Nebraska Association of School Boards represents the
volunteer governing bodies of nearly 260 school boards and ESUs throughout the state. These governing
bodies are responsible for the education of approximately 98 percent of Nebraska's 300,000 public
school children.
NASB represents the views of the public school governance
teams at the state capitol and provides training and support for the volunteer citizens that assume
positions of leadership on local school boards throughout the state.
"We are thrilled to welcome Tim Higgins to our board," said ASB Executive Director John Spatz. "He has a long history of commitment and contribution to
education in Kearney, which gives us reason to believe he will contribute significantly to our state
level discussions."
Higgins has served on the Kearney Public Schools Board of
Education for 11 years, currently serving as board secretary. He was president of the Kearney board
during a successful $45 1 million bond campaign.
He has attended a wide array of professional
development activities offered by NASB and the National School Boards Association. Higgins is also past
president of the Greater Nebraska Schools Association.
Higgins will be finishing the final two years of Bohn's term
as part of the 24-member NASB Board of Directors. The board meets five times per year to direct
the programs and services NASB provides to school governing boards across the state.
"We are happy to have quality people such as Tim who are
willing to take a leadership role in our organization," said NASB President Brian Holcomb, who
himself is a school board member from Coleridge. "He has been tireless in volunteering his
time to school board service. We are gratified that he has agreed to volunteer even more of his time to advance
the cause of school board leadership throughout the state."
Courtesy: Kearney Public Schools
