Sept. 12, 2001

For more information, contact:
Mickey Schoonover
Director of School-Community Relations
(314) 213-8025
Bob Drummond, Board Member
(314) 991-4347


Longtime Pattonville board member earns highest certification

Longtime Pattonville School District Board of Education Director Bob Drummond was one of 19 in the state of Missouri to earn the Missouri School Board Association’s highest certification for a school board member.

Drummond, who is serving his 30th year on the Pattonville school board, earned the distinction of Master Certified Board Member. All Missouri school board members are required by state law to earn Essential Board Member Certification by taking 16 hours of training in topics such as Foundations of School Leadership, Policy and Board Governance, Board Planning and Board Relationships. Board members can achieve two higher levels of certification beyond what’s required - Advanced Board Member Certification and Master Board Member Certification.

Those earning master certification must accumulate at least 40 hours of continuing education credits, read four books and attend two core meetings within the year the master board member level is accomplished. The board member must also complete an elective, such as writing a critique of a new resource book or submitting an article related to effective boardsmanship.

Drummond was also recently honored with the 2001 Community Service Award sponsored by Commerce Bank, which included a $7,500 award to be given to the honoree’s charity of choice. Drummond chose to contribute his award to the Pattonville Education Foundation.

In addition to holding every office on the Pattonville Board of Education, Drummond has served as president of the Missouri School Boards Association and continues to work with that organization. He has also served in leadership positions in area-wide program such as Characterplus, the Council for Educational Advancement and Springboard for Learning. In addition, he has been Pattonville’s representative on the Special School District’s governing council since its inception in 1996, serving two terms as chairman.

Drummond is retired from a 48-year career in the printing and publishing industry. He is a native of St. Louis and the father of two Pattonville graduates. He graduated from Beaumont High School and Washington University.