Chadron Public Schools Make High Marks at State Conference

Dr. Caroline Winchester gets a standing ovation from her peers, school board members and other public education interests as she is presented with a plaque commemorating her "2016 Nebraska Superintendent of the Year' honor. — Dr. Caroline Winchester gets a standing ovation from her peers, school board members and other public education interests as she is presented with a plaque commemorating her “2016 Nebraska Superintendent of the Year’ honor.

Current board members Tom Menke, Terri Haynes and Jim O'Rourke and incoming board member, Amanda Bannan along with Superintendent Dr. Winchester attend the State Conference of Nebraska Association School Boards. — Current board members Tom Menke, Terri Haynes and Jim O’Rourke and incoming board member, Amanda Bannan along with Superintendent Dr. Winchester attend the State Conference of Nebraska Association School Boards.

CPS Board Members and Superintendent attend the Nebraska Association of School Boards State Conference.

The NASB conference was a time to recognize Dr. Winchester for her “Superintendent of the Year” award. She was presented with a plaque to mark this distinguishing honor. Additionally, she gave a gracious acceptance speech to a crowd of over 1100 people. In addition to her peers and many school board members, her family was there to help celebrate. To start off the celebration a video produced about CPS from Nebraska Loves Public Schools was played for the large audience. It featured many of the CPS staff members which set the tone of many great accomplishments.

Additionally, CPS board members were selected to provide not one, but two of the breakout sessions. The trio of Dr. Jim O’Rourke, Terri Haynes and Dr. Caroline Winchester presented a session on legislative issues many schools have in common and getting involved in the legislative process. The session was entitled “Rural and Urban-Do We Have Issues In Common?”

The second session was presented by Tom Menke, Dr. Caroline Winchester, and Terri Haynes on the quarterly review model used as part of the superintendent evaluation process. CPS finds this model to be highly successful and improves communication throughout the year. The session was entitled, “Superintendent Evaluations with Pizazz”.