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Getting to know your IASA Board Members
Ronald Jacobs
Blackhawk Region
School district:
Riverdale CUSD 100
One thing you would like people to know about
your school district:
We have been consolidated
for over 50 years. Few people in our community
along the banks of the Mississippi and Rock Rivers
can remember when Riverdale didn’t exist as the
community school district.
Years on IASA Board:
1
Years as educator:
25
High School:
Mt. Pleasant Community High
School- Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Colleges or Universities:
Iowa Wesleyan
College, Northwest Missouri State University,
Western Illinois University
Family:
Wife-Jennifer a certified school nurse (not
in the same district), Son-Isaac a senior at
Riverdale, Daughter- Emma a junior at Riverdale
Favorite hobby:
Crappie
fishing in the spring, pheasant
hunting in the fall.
Favorite movie:
A Few Good
Men
Favorite book:
When Pride
Still Mattered: A Life of Vince
Lombardi
Favorite musical artist:
Mick
Jagger
One thing people probably would be surprised
to know about you:
My father-in-law is Jesse
James, a retired Illinois superintendent.
Biggest concern about public education:
We
seem to be losing focus, and control of the many
things that have been good about public education
for more than a century
Most encouraging thing about public
education:
There seems to be a renewed sense
of pride in the local public school, despite the many
challenges that keep coming our way.
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Illinois Superintendent of the Year RecepƟon will be
held at AASA NaƟonal Conference on EducaƟon
The AASA National Conference on Education
will be held February 13-15, 2014 in Nashville,
Tennessee. This year’s theme is Evolve Your
Perspective.
Registration and housing are now open for AASA
Members. The preferred hotel for the Illinois
delegation is the Hilton Nashville Downtown, 121
Fourth Avenue South.
Click here for additional information.
A reception for the 2014 Illinois Superintendent of
the Year featuring a Taste of Nashville will be held
from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 14, 2014, at
Honky Tonk Central (second floor), 329 Broadway in
Nashville, TN.
This reception is being sponsored
by: Ameresco, Inc., American Fidelity Assurance
Company, ECRA Group, Inc. and Environmental
Consultants, LLC.
