A look back at an eventful year for OSSA members

By R. Michael Carter, Executive Administrator

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, it has been a very successful year for the OSSA partnering with COSA. Here are some highlights that have been accomplished this year by OSSA; for the full story, please read our latest newsletter.

• Awarded nine $1,000 student scholarships and recognized the Administrator of the Year and the Teacher of the Year.
• Successful lobbying for various issues that are important to Small School District in Oregon.
• Updated our policies, procedures, and website with our COSA partners to better support our members.
• Provided the first all-virtual conference in the State of Oregon last spring with a keynote from Chris Spetzer from Stanford University on decision making, and it was a huge success.
• Partnered with U of O and COSA to provide, for the second time, a special session designed for small schools at the annual law conference.
• Sent a powerful and united letter to Governor Brown to reopen schools.
• We are developing an administrative mentor program to better support small school districts and programs.