Education

La Crosse Board of Education will host a virtual meeting about the upcoming election

Published

3 years ago

November 30, 2020

The Board of Education for the School District of La Crosse will be hosting a virtual informational meeting about the upcoming April election and available positions on the school board Dec. 1.

Anyone interested in serving students, staff, and the La Crosse community as a member of the
Board of Education are encouraged to attend this meeting. The meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday 5:00 p.m. and will be held virtually via Google Meet.

Residents planning to attend the workshop are asked to RSVP to the superintendent’s office by
sending an email to [email protected] or by calling 608.789.7659 to register for the
meeting and obtain the Google Meet link.

An election will be held in the School District of La Crosse on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, for three
Board of Education positions. The term of office for a school board member is three years
beginning on Monday, April 26, 2021. Incumbents include Brad Quarberg, Keonte Turner, and Jeff Meyer.

Detailed information about the role of a Board member is available in the Wisconsin Association
of School Boards (WASB) Guide for Candidates.

Kaitlyn Riley

Kaitlyn Riley’s passion for communications started on her family’s dairy farm in Gays Mills, Wis. Wanting to share agriculture’s story, she studied strategic communications and broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In college, she held officer positions with the Association of Women in Agriculture and Badger Dairy Club while volunteering as a news reporter for the college radio station. She also founded the university’s first agricultural radio talk show, AgChat. In her professional career, Kaitlyn has worked in radio, print and television news doing everything from covering local events to interviewing presidential candidates, and putting back on her barn boots to chat with farmers in the field. Today, Kaitlyn can be seen covering local stories that matter to you in the La Crosse area.