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NWTC’s School Board Has Over Five Decades of Combined Service

Posted on January 9, 2014

 

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January has been designated as School Board Appreciation Month by the Oklahoma School Board Association (OSBA). Experience and continuity on all types of boards are important, but on school boards, it is crucial.

The Northwest Technology Center Board of Education has over fifty years of combined service. Its longest serving member has been on the board for thirty-six years, with one member who has served since September of 2012. Northwest Technology Center’s Board includes: Tom Russell of Freedom, Stan Kline of Alva, Dr. Carl Newton of Cherokee, Dean Meyer of Cleo Springs and Butch Edingfield of Fairview.

Northwest Technology Center’s Board of Education held its first organizational meeting on April 8, 1969 at Miller’s Café in Waynoka. At that time, the school was called the Major-Woods Counties Area Vocational-Technical School. Those serving on the initial board included: Harold Wilkerson, Dick Brunsteter, Charles Loomis, George Barkett and J.W. Martin.

Others serving on the school’s board over the past three decades include: The Honorable A.L. “Lute” Murrow of Dacoma, Glen Deweese of Waynoka, Boyd Hughes of Freedom, Louis Folks, Connie Garrison, Dr. Dan Shorter, Dennis Bushman and Earl Geis of Alva, Max Ott of Cherokee, Chuck Dreschler from the Aline area and Vinton Baker, Bob Van Meter and Marvin Martens of Fairview.

A few highlights in the board’s history included the selection of the late Louis Folks as the OSSBA Distinguished Achievement Award winner in August of 2003. Folks served on the technology center board from 1972 until his retirement in 2002. The late Dr. Dan Shorter was posthumously named to Oklahoma’s All State School Board in 2007 in recognition of his 30 plus years of service to the students of Northwest Oklahoma. Dr. Shorter served as a board member from March of 1975 until his death in August of 2005. Current Board Member Dean Meyer was honored as the Outstanding CareerTech Board Member in 2008. Meyer has served on NWTC’s Board since 1978.

Northwest Technology Center’s school district includes the partner school districts of Alva, Aline-Cleo, Canton, Cherokee, Fairview, Freedom, Ringwood, Waynoka and parts of the Okeene and Seiling school districts. This includes all of Woods and Major counties and portions of Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Harper and Woodward counties covering 2,702 square miles. The total population of the district is over 19,000.

“We appreciate all of our board members and their efforts on our behalf.” stated Dr. Gerald Harris, NWTC’s Superintendent. “We look forward to working with our current board members and thank our current and past board members for their time and dedication to our school.”

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Updated on 1/9/14