KNEA election results
Blake West has been elected president of the Kansas National Education Association in a statewide election. West, currently serving as KNEA Vice President, is on leave from the Blue Valley School District.
In a run-off election, Sherri Yourdon was elected as KNEA Vice President and Teresa Preston was elected as the Higher Education representative on the KNEA board. All new board members take office on July 15.
“We have a tremendous heritage of leadership on which to build and, working together, I trust we will come even closer to achieving our shared vision for great public schools, a strong profession, and the well-being of each one of our members who works in public education,” said West.
Previously the KNEA Secretary-Treasurer, Sherri Yourdon is a counselor at Reno Valley Middle School in Nickerson and has been a counselor and taught English and journalism at Nickerson High School and English at El Dorado Middle School. She will be on leave to serve full-time as vice president.
Representing higher education on the KNEA Board will be Teresa Preston, Hutchinson National Faculty Association, who teaches art history at Hutchinson Community College.
The newly elected Secretary-Treasurer is Karen Godfrey, who teaches seventh and ninth grade English and ninth grade French at Logan Junior High School in the Seaman School District, USD 345.
KNEA Board members represent regions or UniServ areas. Other newly elected board members to join the 24-person KNEA Board are:
Capital UniServ (Topeka and the surrounding communities)
Anna Moon Bradley, Marais des Cygnes Valley TA, teaches 9-12 grade language arts at Marais des Cygnes Valley High School.
Education Support Personnel
Patty Compton, Hutchinson NEA, is a custodian at Hutchinson High School.
Ethnic-Minority
Verlean Brown, United Teachers of Wichita, teaches special education at Kelly Elementary in USD 259.
Prairie Fire UniServ (Lawrence and the surrounding communities)
Sändra Walker, Lawrence EA, teaches physical education at Hillcrest Elementary and has been a teacher in the Lawrence public schools for 26 years.
UD 114 (middle of the state including Salina )
Donald Wiest, Mankato Association of Professional Educators chemistry, physics, mathematics and general science at Mankato Junior and High schools.
Walnut Valley (west and south of Wichita )
Dorothy Rucker teaches English, speech, journalism and forensics at Peabody Burns High School and has been an adjunct speech teacher at Butler County Community College.
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