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Lockwood School Board Named Outstanding School Board in Montana

The Lockwood School Board was recognized as the Outstanding School Board in Montana at the annual Montana Conference of Education Leadership in October, 2007. One other school board, Monforton, shared the honor.

Over the years, the Lockwood Board has won 17 consecutive Golden Gavel awards from the Montana School Board Association, including the one they received in October 2007. This was just one of the criteria that lead to the board's selection. Among others were community partnerships, trustee training and education, board policy, facilities/grounds programs, board and administrative collaboration, personnel, community involvement and other examples of board excellence.

Lockwood board members include Sue Vinton, Teresa Stroebe, Tim Sather, Peter Freivalds, Greg Bochy, Jason Hamrick and Becky Malenowsky. Jason Hamrick commented in an interview, "Boards change, but the criteria are the same, and to get that kind of consistency, it's amazing."

*In October, 2006, the Lockwood School Board was awarded with their sixteenth Golden Gavel Award.

*The Lockwood School Board was awarded with their fifteenth Golden Gavel Award in October, 2005.

Lockwood School Board Earns Fourteenth Golden Gavel Award
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The Lockwood School Board was awarded with their fourteenth Golden Gavel Award in October, 2004. Pictured with the award (left to right) are Tim Trafford, Thomas Jones, Barbara Frank, Teresa Stroebe, Gayle Walker, and Greg Bochy. Not pictured is Jim Painter.

The Golden Gavel Award is given to boards that have 100% of its members certified. In 1991 a volunteer program was implemented by the Montana School Board Academy to reward members who improve Montana's public school system through service and leadership. At the 2004 Montana Conference of Educational Leadership held the last week of October, the Lockwood Schools Trustees were once again honored with the Golden Gavel Award. Trustee Teresa Stroebe received the Marvin Heinz award. All the trustees attend workshops all year in an effort to carry out their roles in a very professional manner.

In the fall of 2003, all of the Lockwood School Board members attended the MCEL meeting in Bozeman and again all became certified. Each of the Trustees received individual recognition:

Becky Webber and Robert Guenther received Gold
Teresa Stroebe received Silver
Gayle Walker, Tim Trafford, Jim Painter and Greg Bochy each received Bronze.

Congratulations to our excellent board and thank you for all your hours of dedication and commitment to the education of the students of Lockwood Schools.

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	Lockwood School Board Named Outstanding School Board in Montana The Lockwood School Board was recognized as the Outstanding School Board in Montana at the annual Montana Conference of Education Leadership in October, 2007. One other school board, Monforton, shared the honor. Over the years, the Lockwood Board has won 17 consecutive Golden Gavel awards from the Montana School Board Association, including the one they received in October 2007. This was just one of the criteria that lead to the board's selection. Among others were community partnerships, trustee training and education, board policy, facilities/grounds programs, board and administrative collaboration, personnel, community involvement and other examples of board excellence. Lockwood board members include Sue Vinton, Teresa Stroebe, Tim Sather, Peter Freivalds, Greg Bochy, Jason Hamrick and Becky Malenowsky. Jason Hamrick commented in an interview, "Boards change, but the criteria are the same, and to get that kind of consistency, it's amazing." In October, 2006, the Lockwood School Board was awarded with their sixteenth Golden Gavel Award. The Lockwood School Board was awarded with their fifteenth Golden Gavel Award in October, 2005. Lockwood School Board Earns Fourteenth Golden Gavel Award News Release The Lockwood School Board was awarded with their fourteenth Golden Gavel Award in October, 2004. Pictured with the award (left to right) are Tim Trafford, Thomas Jones, Barbara Frank, Teresa Stroebe, Gayle Walker, and Greg Bochy. Not pictured is Jim Painter. The Golden Gavel Award is given to boards that have 100% of its members certified. In 1991 a volunteer program was implemented by the Montana School Board Academy to reward members who improve Montana's public school system through service and leadership. At the 2004 Montana Conference of Educational Leadership held the last week of October, the Lockwood Schools Trustees were once again honored with the Golden Gavel Award. Trustee Teresa Stroebe received the Marvin Heinz award. All the trustees attend workshops all year in an effort to carry out their roles in a very professional manner. In the fall of 2003, all of the Lockwood School Board members attended the MCEL meeting in Bozeman and again all became certified. Each of the Trustees received individual recognition: Becky Webber and Robert Guenther received Gold Teresa Stroebe received Silver Gayle Walker, Tim Trafford, Jim Painter and Greg Bochy each received Bronze. Congratulations to our excellent board and thank you for all your hours of dedication and commitment to the education of the students of Lockwood Schools.