Board of Education
The Kansas State Board of Education is charged with general supervision of public education and other educational interests in the state.
Map updated on June 15, 2026
Text updated June 15, 2026
Unified School District Board Members
District 1
Danny Zeck, (January 2027)
(913) 683-1836
District 1 includes: Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, northern Leavenworth, Jefferson, southern and most of eastern Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, northern Shawnee, Counties.
District 2
Melanie Haas, Overland Park (January 2025)
(816) 226-7728
District 2 includes: Northeastern Johnson County, Southern and most of Eastern Wyandotte County.
District 3
Michelle Dombrosky, Olathe (January 2027)
(913) 782-1835
District 3 includes: Southern Johnson and Northern Miami Counties.
District 4
Connie O'Brien, Tonganoxie (January 2029)
(913) 706-2396
District 4 includes: Southern Leavenworth, Northern Johnson, Northern Franklin, Osage and Southeastern Shawnee Counties.
District 5
Cathy Hopkins, Garden City (January 2027)
(913) 634-0445
District 5 includes: the counties of Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Lincoln, northwestern Marshall, Meade, Mitchell, Morton, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips, Rawlins, Republic, Rooks, Russell, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Washington, and Wichita.
District 6
Dr. Beryl Ann New, Topeka (January 2029)
(785) 230-5447
District 6 includes: the Counties of Geary, Lyon, Morris, southwestern to east central Shawnee, Wabaunsee
District 7
Dennis Hershberger (January 2027)
(620) 931-7459
District 7 includes: the Counties of Barber, Barton, Comanche, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Rush, and Stafford, and northwestern Sedgwick.
District 8
Betty Arnold, Wichita (January 2025)
(316) 259-1660
District 8 includes: East and south central Sedgwick County.
District 9
Jim Porter, Fredonia (January 2027)
(316) 617-6779
District 9 includes: the Counties of Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Marion, McPherson, Northern Miami, Montgomery, Wilson, and Woodson
District 10
Debbie Potter, Garden Plain (January 2029)
(316) 706-3456
District 10 includes: the Counties of southern and western Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, and Sumner.
Secretary to the Board: Barbara Hughes (785) 296-3203