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HOUSE COMMEMORATION NO. 1018
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Introduced by: Representative Bartling and Senator Sutton
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A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Commending and honoring Michael (Mike) Denker, a
member of the Wagner School District Board of Education, on his selection as the Associated
School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2013.
WHEREAS, Mike Denker has served his community and the students of the Wagner School
District for more than thirteen years on the school board; and
WHEREAS, Mike Denker began an educational program for all board members, and under his
leadership, the Wagner School Board was the first in the state of South Dakota to have the entire
board GAVEL I and II Training certified; and
WHEREAS, Mike Denker has been a critical part of the implementation of a free preschool
program for more than one hundred three and four-year-olds and of JAGS, the Jobs for America's
Graduates Program; and
WHEREAS, Mike Denker is a strong advocate of the importance of policy, good relationships
between board members and the superintendent, data-driven decision making, and staff professional
development; and
WHEREAS, Mike Denker supported the attendance of the superintendent and business manager
at state and national events that allowed them to provide the expertise necessary for the school
district to continue to receive Impact Aid payments when it was believed that the school district was
no longer eligible for the entire payment:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-Eighth Legislature of the State
of South Dakota, that, during 2013, Mike Denker of Wagner, South Dakota, is hereby an official
representative of the state, and shall continue in his efforts to seek improvement of the educational
opportunities for the elementary and secondary students of the state.
750 copies of this document were printed by the South Dakota
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.015 per page.
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