Many school boards make provisions for a staff member to perform most of the work of the board secretary that requires a regular presence in the district office -- such as keeping records and handling election duties. Some of these folks may function as the official board secretary; others work under the supervision of the official secretary.

It is this last group that may be neglected when it comes to the sharing of information. Membership records at IASB, for example, include the name and address of the board secretary. But those records do not always include the staff member who works under the supervision of the board secretary. Consequently, when information is mailed from IASB to the board secretary, it will reach the staff member who needs the information only if (a) the board secretary shares it or (b) the district has taken pains to make certain the staff member is included in its records at IASB.

If you want to make certain that IASB information for the board secretary reaches the person who needs it most, your district needs to take steps to ensure either that the information is shared or that the IASB mailing list includes the secretary's assistant.

To update your district's records at IASB, send current information to the Records Manager at the Springfield address shown on the left of this page.