Advocacy Committee Minutes 5.20.25

Board Advocacy Committee Meeting
Agenda
March 24, 2025; 11:00 a.m.
Rockwood Administrative Center

Advocacy Committee Members Present: Tamara Rhomberg, Sarah Boyer, Dr. Mara Vorachek-Warren
Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain
Chief Communications Officer Mary LaPak

• Board Award legislative invites/cultivating relationships with legislators
  Discussion held around fostering relationships with legislators and inviting them throughout the year to the district. Discussion around hosting a fall meeting that would include local mayors and city administrators. Discussion held around individual Board members contacting their own legislators.
   
• Review legislative updates
  Discussion held around the close of the legislative session, the passing of SB 68 and how it will impact Rockwood students. Discussion held around sharing legislative updates at Presidents’ Forum meetings during the legislative session.
   
• Review BOE Advocacy Committee website
  Discussion held around sharing information from MSBA on the Advocacy Committee website during the legislative session; “Key bills we are following…”
   

Advocacy Committee Website rsdmo.org/get-involved/district-committees/board-of-education-advocacy-committee

Rockwood Mission

We do whatever it takes to ensure all students realize their potential.