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Zone 1 New Meadows
Appointed 11/2009
Term Ends: 6/2010
Levi Burden
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P.O. 27 Box
New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Home (208) 347-2063
Cell (208) 315-2811
burdenenterprises@hotmail.com
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Levi
Burden started to serve on the Meadows Valley School Board when a vacancy ensued this fall. He was encouraged to serve
in the position by people who thought he was good choice and that he was right for the job. He is currently undecided
about whether to run for the position at election time.
Levi grew up in Forks, Washington.
His parents moved to New Meadows when he was thirteen in 1993. He started attending Meadows Valley School in the
eighth grade and graduated in 1997. He has found various ways to pay his way over the years, but his love for construction
and finish woodworking led him to start his own construction company, Burden Enterprises LLC. He has been
operating this business for over three years and has found that he really enjoys being self-employed. In his free time Levi
loves to ski, fish, hunt, hike, play basket ball, baseball, and music (guitar, drums).
Levi’s
vision for the school would be to provide a safe, diverse, technologically advanced atmosphere. He would like to see students
and groups of students be given the opportunity to advance their knowledge of our community, our country, and the world we
live in and that students should know the history which has brought our country this far. He believes that
it is important for students to have the opportunity to realize they can have dreams, and those dreams can be anything they
want. If they work hard and pay attention they can achieve all their dreams.
Levi has a love for this town
and the people who make it what it is. He considers it a great place to live for his wife Shannon, and his four boys,
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Zone 2 New Meadows
Appointed 05/2007
Next
Term: (3 Years)
2010-2013
Holly McDonald
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P.O. Box 693
New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Home (208) 347-3092
Work (208) 634-4061 ext.139
Cell 630-3784
idahoholly@yahoo.com
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Holly
has served on the Meadows
Valley School board since 2007. She was born on January 1st in Winchester, Virginia. Her father teased
her about losing out on the tax deduction that year. That may have set the stage for what Holly would do later in life. Holly
grew up the youngest of five, in the small town of Stephens City, Virginia. She
joined the swim team and participated in local competitions and the Junior Olympics.
Holly graduated form James
Wood High School in 1985. She went to Virginia Tech and earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Business with
a major in Accounting. Later she went on to earn her C.P.A. license. She married Lester McDonald who worked for the Virginia
Fish and Game Department. Holly worked for C.P.A. firms, specializing in audits of entities such as schools, and city
and county governments. Wanting to move to the West, a job opportunity opened
for Holly’s husband with Idaho Fish and Game and they moved to Idaho.
Holly presently works as the Director of Accounting for McCall Memorial Hospital.
Holly has two daughters
Saige a 9th grader and Hannah a 7th. Both attend Meadows Valley School. Holly believes her role on the
school board is to make sure that students get the best education possible. A small school should not diminish opportunities.
She wants to make sure they have the resources they need to get a quality education. Holly has very little free time, but
she does continue to enjoy swimming. |
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Zone 3 Meadows
Appointed 05/2007
Next
Term: (3 Years)
2010-2013
Stacy Dreyer
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P.O. Box 99
New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Home (208) 347-2352
Work (208) 347-2151
bsdreyer@frontiernet.net
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Stacy Dreyer has served on the Meadows Valley school board since 2003. She was
raised in New Meadows and attended Meadows Valley School kindergarten through the 12th grade. After graduating
in 1983, Stacy attended Boise State University. She met her husband in New Meadows. He own Strutters and
has been in business for 25 years. Stacy began working for Key Bank which in 1998 became Sterling Bank.
Stacy
has worked at the bank for seventeen years. Stacy has three children who went through the Meadows Valley School system.
After graduation, her daughter Kendra attended Idaho State Universtiy. Since 2006 Kendra has lived in South Africa serving
in a ministry called Y.W.A.M. which stands for Youth With a Mission. She has just signed on for another three years. Stacy’s
son Kyler is a student at the University of Idaho and is considering entering the nursing program. Stacy’s daughter
Kazia is married and is attending Idaho State University in Pocatello. Stacy provides an important perspective on education
for the Meadows Valley school board since she grew up in New Meadows and all her children attended and graduated from Meadows
Valley.
Stacy is a firm believer in teaching students the basics such as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
She believes that these fundamentals provide a basis for success so students can go anywhere and do anything. She believes
that the New Meadows community provides a strong caring support network for students. Stacy enjoys the outdoors and loves
to camp and jet boat on the river. |
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Zone 4 Middle District
Appointed 05/2009
Next Term: (4 Years)
2009-2013
Jerry Krahn
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3592 Cemetery Road
New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Home (208) 347-2654
Cell 634-6671
jerrykrahn@hotmail.com
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Jerry Krahn has served on the Meadows Valley school board since
May 2009. He was born in Missouri,
but his family moved to New Meadows when he was a first grader. Jerry attended Meadows Valley School and participated in sports
and in band. After graduation he enlisted in the Navy for four years. He was based in Jacksonville,
Florida and had the opportunity to travel to Italy and the Caribbean. He received
an Associates of Arts degree from Spokane Community College. He worked for N.O.A.A. which is the
National Oceanic Atmospheric Association in Alaska. He worked in engineering on numerous
ships in places like the Bering Sea, the Indian Ocean and in the Mediterranean.
Jerry has traveled to Iraq and the Middle East hauling ammunitions’. One
of the most dangerous jobs he had was to feed sharks from a small boat. Several years ago, Jerry returned to New Meadows. Jerry believes that
in serving on the school board, he provides a voice for the parents and students. His main concern is to make sure that what
is best for the kids gets done. He was married a year ago and has two children attending Meadows Valley School, Matty a 2nd
grader and Tilly a 7th grader.
Jerry spends much of his free time coaching Optimist baseball
and softball and is a volunteer fireman for the Meadows Valley Fire Department. He enjoys racing stock cars, downhill skiing,
water sports, and camping.
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Zone 5 Tamarack
Appointed 05/2006
Next
Term: (1 Year)
2009-2010
Barbara Dixon
(Chair)
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P.O. Box 759
New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Home (208) 347-3143
bada2@cwomc.com
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Barbara Dixon has served on the Meadows Valley school board since 2005. She was born
and raised in Seattle, Washington and graduated in 1965 from West Seattle High School. She continued her education at
the University of Washington, graduating in 1970 with a degree in Industrial Arts Education. She began her teaching
career at Lowell Elementary School and worked with children with multiple handicaps. She had the opportunity to create
the program for these special-needs children from the ground up. Her next teaching assignment was in Beaverton, Oregon
where she taught sixth graders and helped spearhead a marine outdoor school program which took place on the coast each year.
Bend, Oregon was Barbara’s next stop where she taught and worked as a librarian and sixth grade teacher for over twenty
years. After retiring from teaching she taught English as a second language to adults and tutored math.
For twenty-five years Barbara has been on the Ski Patrol and in 1988 she received a national award for outstanding service.
For six years she has served on the National Ski Patrol Board. Barbara believes that her background in education and
her experience in larger communities have made her a strong advocate to strive to provide the best education possible for
the students of Meadows Valley. She would like to ensure that students have similar opportunities to take a variety
of classes that will inspire them and find ways to encourage them to seek worldwide experiences. Barbara has thirteen
grandchildren.
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Drawer F
500 N. Miller New Meadows, Idaho
83654
Phone
(208) 347-2411
FAX (208) 347-2624
cwhitney@mvsd11.org
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Carol Whitney has served as clerk
for the Meadows Valley school board since 1993. Before that time she worked as the attendance clerk and district secretary.
Presently her job description also includes working as the Meadows Valley School business manager. Carol was born in Caldwell,
Idaho. Her family moved to New Meadows when she was a fourth grader. After graduating from Meadows Valley in 1978, Carol went
to the University of Idaho. In 1980 she returned to New Meadows and married Kenny Whitney. They have three boys who all graduated
from Meadows Valley. Shaun went to Boise State University and graduated with a degree in English Literature. Cory graduated
from Eastern Oregon University with a degree in Business Marketing. Beau is presently attending the University of Idaho and
throws the discus and shot putt and for the track team.
Carol’s favorite thing about Meadows Valley School
is its small size and family atmosphere. She says it is a place where everyone cares about the kids. Carol enjoys her flower
garden, and she likes to read and bake. Chocolate chip cookies are one of her specialties.
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