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Connie O'Brien

Connie O'Brien
Phone: (913) 706-2396
Connie.O'Brien@ksde.gov
 

First term on State Board: 2025

Committee Assignments:

  • Attorney General Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee
  • Kansas Advisory Committee on Indigenous Education (KACIE)
  • Liaison to the Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB)

In 1979 my husband and I moved to Tonganoxie to enjoy the country life. I am a mother of 11 and grandmother of 19. All of my children are graduates of the Tonganoxie public schools. I am a graduate of Saint Mary in Leavenworth with a B.A. in Secondary Education and Social Studies. Former Director of Religious Ed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tonganoxie. I also served as a Superintendent for one of the many 4-H programs. A former Teacher and substitute in Leavenworth County working Special Education. I have also served as a State Representative in the Kansas House District 42 from 2008-2016. I Have been very active in the Republican Party serving as a Vice Chair for our county and as a District chair. My motto for education is: Good, better, best, I'll never let them rest until good is better and better is best.

District 4 represents the following school districts in northeastern Kansas, listed in county order:

Coffey

  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243

Douglas

  • Baldwin City USD 348
  • Eudora USD 491
  • Lawrence USD 497

Franklin

  • Central Heights USD 288
  • Ottawa USD 290
  • Wellsville USD 289
  • West Franklin USD 287

Jefferson

  • McLouth USD 342
  • Perry Public Schools USD 343

Johnson

  • DeSoto USD 232
  • Gardner-Edgerton USD 231
  • Olathe USD 233
  • Shawnee Mission USD 512

Leavenworth

  • Basehor-Linwood USD 458
  • Tonganoxie USD 464

Lyon

  • North Lyon County USD 251

Osage

  • Burlingame Public Schools USD 454
  • Lyndon USD 421
  • Marais Des Cygnes Valley USD 456
  • Osage City USD 420
  • Santa Fe Trail USD 434

Shawnee

  • Auburn-Washburn USD 437
  • Shawnee Heights USD 450
  • Topeka Public Schools USD 501

Wabaunsee

  • Mission Valley USD 330

Wyandotte

  • Bonner Springs-Edwardsville USD 204
  • Kansas City USD 500

 

 

 

For more information, contact:

Deborah Bremer
Board Secretary
Kansas State Board of Education
(785) 296-3203
Email: deborah.bremer@ksde.gov

Board of Education contact information.

Kansas Map of district 4

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Full Map (PDF)

Above map updated to January 2023 redistricting.

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