District 9

Photo of Jim Porter: District 9
Jim Porter

501 S. 7th
Fredonia, KS 66736

Phone: (316) 617-6779

First term on State Board: 2015

Served as Chair: 2017-2019

Committee Assignments:

  • Capital Improvement Bond and Interest Review Committee
  • Interstate Migrant Education Council
  • Kansas State Legislature Education Funding Task Force
  • Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA)

Biography

Mr. Porter has 47 years of experience in public education, including 34 years as a Superintendent of Schools. His civic leadership includes serving on the Fredonia Library Board and with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the 31st Judicial District, as well as previously serving on the Fredonia Hospital Board of Trustees. He has also been a church music director for more than 30 years, including as director of the Fredonia Community Choir.

Mr. Porter is a long‑time public school educator who spent part of his career teaching music to students from kindergarten through high school. As a school administrator, he has served both as a building principal and as a superintendent. He has also worked as an adjunct education instructor at multiple universities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and served as an administrator in a professional development center.

He and his wife, Charlene, live in Fredonia. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

Map showing Kansas State Board of Education District 9 outlining the district’s geographic boundaries within the state of Kansas.

District 9 represents the following school districts, primarily in southeastern Kansas, listed in county order:

Allen

  • Humboldt USD 258
  • Iola USD 257
  • Marmaton Valley USD 256

Anderson

  • Crest USD 479
  • Garnett USD 365

Bourbon

  • Fort Scott USD 234
  • Uniontown USD 235

Butler

  • Augusta USD 402
  • Bluestem USD 205
  • Circle USD 375
  • El Dorado USD 490
  • Flinthills USD 492
  • Remington-Whitewater USD 206

Chase

  • Chase County USD 284

Chautauqua

  • Cedar Vale USD 285
  • Chautauqua County Community USD 286

Cherokee

  • Baxter Springs USD 508
  • Columbus USD 493
  • Galena USD 499
  • Riverton USD 404

Coffey

  • Burlington USD 244
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • LeRoy-Gridley USD 245

Cowley

  • Central USD 462

Crawford

  • Cherokee USD 247
  • Frontenac Public Schools USD 249
  • Girard USD 248
  • Northeast USD 246
  • Pittsburg USD 250

Elk

  • Elk Valley USD 283
  • West Elk USD 282

Franklin

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

Greenwood

  • Eureka USD 389
  • Hamilton USD 390
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386

Labette

  • Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
  • Labette County USD 506
  • Oswego USD 504
  • Parsons USD 503

Linn

  • Jayhawk USD 346
  • Pleasanton USD 344
  • Prairie View USD 362

Marion

  • Centre USD 397
  • Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
  • Goessel USD 411
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Peabody-Burns USD 398

McPherson

  • Canton-Galva USD 419
  • Inman USD 448
  • McPherson USD 418
  • Moundridge USD 423
  • Smoky Valley USD 400

Miami

  • Osawatomie USD 367
  • Paola USD 368

Montgomery

  • Caney Valley USD 436
  • Cherryvale USD 447
  • Coffeyville USD 445
  • Independence USD 446

Neosho

  • Chanute Public Schools USD 413
  • Erie-Galesburg USD 101

Rice

  • Little River USD 444

Wilson

  • Altoona-Midway USD 387
  • Fredonia USD 484
  • Neodesha USD 461

Woodson

  • Woodson USD 366

For more information, contact:

Deborah Bremer
Board Secretary
(785) 296-3203