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Dr. Roy
Moss, Superintendent of Grain Valley R-V School District, has been named the
Missouri Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School
Administrators (MASA). The announcement
of the award was made on September 27 during the Missouri School Boards’
Association and MASA joint fall conference held at Tan-Tar-A Resort.
As the
winner of this award, Moss received an award acknowledging his selection, a
$500 scholarship for a student in the Grain Valley R-V School District and a
commemorative ring. The award is
sponsored by PFM Asset Management, LLC, which is the program administrator for
the Missouri Securities Investment Program.
As the recipient of the award, Moss will represent Missouri in the
National Superintendent of the Year program conducted by the American
Association of School Administrators (AASA).
Dr. Moss has
been employed by the Grain Valley R-V School District as Superintendent of
Schools since July 2009. He previously
served as Superintendent of the North Callaway R-II School District from
2004-2009 and as a high school principal at South Callaway School District from
1994-2004.
Under Moss’
leadership, the Grain Valley School District has opened a designated facility
for early childhood special education, which has brought a greater emphasis on
closing the achievement gap in preschool-aged children with learning
delays. The facility has become a point
of pride for the families of preschool-aged children in the community who have
special needs.
The district
has developed a funding strategy to fund the construction and makeover of the
existing high school through the passage of annual bond issues and without
increasing taxes. The plan will span more
than ten years. To date, two phases of
classrooms have been added to the high school.
In addition to the classrooms, the sports stadium has been renovated,
and construction will soon begin on a new transportation center.
During Moss’
first year at Grain Valley, the district established the Grain Valley Education
Foundation. Each year, the foundation
provides scholarships to graduating seniors.
In addition, classroom grants are awarded to teachers twice each
year. The foundation has grown its
overall fund balance from $0 to $222,426.03 in its first five years.
