CMNEA elects new president
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| Kathy Steinhoff-Newly Elected CMNEA President |
Kathy Steinhoff was elected this week as the next president of the Columbia Missouri National Education Association.
The election that the union calls a representative assembly was held Thursday.
Steinhoff is a math teacher at Hickman High School. She was on the union’s negotiation team during collective bargaining this year. She will replace Susan McClintic as CMNEA president on July 1. McClintic, a fifth-grade teacher at Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School, has been CMNEA president for six years.
McClintic said she is retiring from teaching at the end of the school year. Asked if the unsuccessful collective bargaining sessions with the district team this year contributed to her decision, she said it would be more likely to motivate her to continue.
Both Steinhoff and McClintic said they expect an easy transition.
Steinhoff said there was a lack of communication between the two sides during this collective bargaining season and that she anticipates better results next year.
“I think we have a great group of teachers,” Steinhoff said. “We have great administrators and a great school board.”
Other officers elected Thursday were: Michelle Shepard, instructional aide at West Middle School, first vice president; Kory Kaufman, a teacher mentor at Rock Bridge High School, second vice president; James Melton, district fine arts coordinator, treasurer; and Kristen Burkemper, media specialist at Derby Ridge Elementary School, secretary.
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