Governance Structure
South Dakota school boards elect South Dakota school board members to serve on the ASBSD Board of Directors. ASBSD Board members are elected to serve from one of four different geographic regions. To ensure adequate representation, each region is broken down into five size categories.
Geographic Regions
Western Region
Rapid City, Meade, Douglas, Spearfish, Belle Fourche, Shannon County, Custer, Lead-Deadwood, Hot Springs, Bennett County, Hill City, Newell, Lemmon, Kadoka Area, Haakon, New Underwood, Wall, Harding County, Faith, Edgemont, Bison, Oelrichs, Elk Mountain.
Central Region
Pierre, Todd County, Eagle-Butte, Chamberlain, Winner, Mobridge-Pollock, Stanley County, McLaughlin, Lyman, White River, Gregory, Agar-Blunt-Onida, Gettysburg, Dupree, Colome Consolidated, Timber Lake, Highmore-Harrold, Smee, Selby Area, Burke, Eureka, Jones County, McIntosh, Hoven, South Central, Edmunds Central, Herreid, Bowdle.
Northeast Region
Watertown, Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, Sisseton, Milbank, Hamlin, Groton Area, Redfield, Sioux Valley, Britton-Hecla, Deuel, Miller, Webster, Clark, Ipswich, Deubrook Area, Faulkton Area, Arlington, Elkton, Castlewood, DeSmet, Wilmot, Estelline, Warner, Northwestern Area, Hitchcock- Tulare, Leola, Florence, Langford, Wolsey-Wessington, Frederick Area, Grant-Deuel, Lake Preston, Willow Lake, Iroquois, Waubay, Rosholt, Waverly-South Shore, Henry, Doland, Roslyn, Summit, Big Stone City.
Southeast Region
Sioux Falls, Yankton, Brandon Valley, Mitchell, Vermillion, Harrisburg, Madison Central, West Central, Tea Area, Dell Rapids, Lennox, Dakota Valley, Canton, Wagner, McCook Central, Beresford, Elk Point-Jefferson, Parkston, Flandreau, Bon Homme, Garretson, Platte-Geddes, Parker, Howard, Hanson, Freeman, Andes Central, Chester Area, Baltic, Tri-Valley, Alcester-Hudson, Menno, Scotland, Colman-Egan, Kimball, Gayville-Volin, Canistota, Centerville, Avon, Wessington Springs, Tripp-Delmont, Sanborn Central, Marion, Viborg, Mount Vernon, Plankinton, Montrose, Ethan, Irene-Wakonda, Armour, Bridgewater, Corsica, Emery, Woonsocket, White Lake, Stickney, Hurley, Oldham-Ramona, Rutland, Greater Scott, Greater Hoyt.
Enrollment Size Categories
- 265 and under
- 266 to 699
- 700 to 1,399
- 1,400 to 9,999
- 10,000 and above