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Mr. Jim Porter

Jim Porter, Vice Chair
501 S. 7th
Fredonia, KS  66736
(316) 617-6779  (cell)
jporter@ksde.org
 

First term on State Board: 2015

Served as Chair:

  • 2017-2019
     

Committee Assignments:

  • Capital Improvement Bond and Interest Review Committee
  • Governor's Education Council
  • Kansas Fire Marshal Advisory Committee
  • Transition Work Group, Kansas Alliance for Educational Advocacy
  • Commissioner's Task Force on Distribution of EANS and ESSER (federal COVID-19 relief funds)
  • 47 years in public education, including 34 as Superintendent of Schools.
  • Civic leadership includes serving on the Fredonia Library Board and with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the 31st Judicial District, plus former Fredonia Hospital Board of Trustees member.
  • Church music director for more than 30 years, including director of the Fredonia Community Choir.

Mr. Porter is a long-time public school educator, spending part of his career teaching music to students in grades kindergarten through high school. As a school administrator, he has experience as both a building principal and superintendent. Mr. Porter has served as an adjunct education instructor for a number of universities at both the undergraduate and graduate level, plus was administrator in a professional development center. He and his wife Charlene live in Fredonia. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

 

District 9 represents the following school districts, primarily in southeastern Kansas, listed in county order:

Allen

  • Humboldt USD 258
  • Iola USD 257
  • Marmaton Valley USD 256

Anderson

  • Crest USD 479
  • Garnett USD 365

Bourbon

  • Fort Scott USD 234
  • Uniontown USD 235

Butler

  • Augusta USD 402
  • Bluestem USD 205
  • Circle USD 375
  • El Dorado USD 490
  • Flinthills USD 492
  • Remington-Whitewater USD 206

Chase

  • Chase County USD 284

Chautauqua

  • Cedar Vale USD 285
  • Chautauqua County Community USD 286

Cherokee

  • Baxter Springs USD 508
  • Columbus USD 493
  • Galena USD 499
  • Riverton USD 404

Coffey

  • Burlington USD 244
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • LeRoy-Gridley USD 245

Cowley

  • Central USD 462

Crawford

  • Cherokee USD 247
  • Frontenac Public Schools USD 249
  • Girard USD 248
  • Northeast USD 246
  • Pittsburg USD 250

Elk

  • Elk Valley USD 283
  • West Elk USD 282

FRANKLIN

  • Central Heights USD 288
  • Ottawa USD 209
  • Wellsville USD 289
  • West Franklin USD 287

Greenwood

  • Eureka USD 389
  • Hamilton USD 390
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386

Labette

  • Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
  • Labette County USD 506
  • Oswego USD 504
  • Parsons USD 503

Linn

  • Jayhawk USD 346
  • Pleasanton USD 344
  • Prairie View USD 362

Marion

  • Centre USD 397
  • Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
  • Goessel USD 411
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Peabody-Burns USD 398

McPherson

  • Canton-Galva USD 419
  • Inman USD 448
  • McPherson USD 418
  • Moundridge USD 423
  • Smoky Valley USD 400

Miami

  • Osawatomie USD 367
  • Paola USD 368

Montgomery

  • Caney Valley USD 436
  • Cherryvale USD 447
  • Coffeyville USD 445
  • Independence USD 446

Neosho

  • Chanute Public Schools USD 413
  • Erie-Galesburg USD 101

RICE

  • Little River USD 444

Wilson

  • Altoona-Midway USD 387
  • Fredonia USD 484
  • Neodesha USD 461

Woodson

  • Woodson USD 366

Board Office

Deborah Bremer, Board Secretary 
(785) 296-3203

Board Contact Information

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Map (above) updated to January 2023 redistricting.

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