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Dr. Deena Horst


Dr. Deena Horst
920 S 9th
Salina, KS 67401
(785) 827-8540 (home)
dhorst@ksde.org

 

First term on State Board: 2013
 

Committee Assignments:

  • Legislative Liaison
  • State Board Policy Committee Chair
  • KSHSAA Board of Directors
  • KSHSAA Executive Board
  • Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee
  • Representative for Kansas Teacher of the Year/Kansas Foundation for Excellence in Education
  • Representative on the Public Education Positions Committee for the National Association of State Boards of Education

Dr. Horst is a retired educator with 41 years experience teaching - two years in the elementary classroom and 39 as an art instructor at middle and high school levels; recipient of the Master Teacher Award.  She spent 16 years in the Kansas House of Representatives for District 69 in Salina, with leadership roles on the House Education Committee and Legislative Education Planning Joint Committee; one of three new legislators selected to represent Kansas at the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development.  She was a member of the Eisenhower Public Service Series Class of 2011 and was Chairperson of the Coin Commission that had oversight on the design and selection of the Kansas Quarter.

District 6 represents the following school districts in north central and northeast Kansas, listed in county order:

Chase

  • Chase County USD 284

Coffey

  • Lego-Waverly USD 243

Dickinson

  • Chapman USD 473
  • Herington USD 487
  • Rural Vista USD 481

Douglas

  • Lawrence USD 497

Geary

  • Geary County Schools USD 475

Greenwood

  • Madison-Virgil USD 386

Jefferson

  • Perry Public Schools USD 343

Lyon

  • Emporia USD 253
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252

Marion

  • Centre USD 397

Morris

  • Morris County USD 417

Pottawatomie

  • Kaw Valley USD 321
  • Wamego USD 320

Riley

  • Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
  • Riley County USD 378

Shawnee

  • Auburn-Washburn USD 437
  • Seaman USD 345
  • Shawnee Heights USD 450
  • Topeka Public Schools USD 501

Wabaunsee

  • Mission Valley USD 330
  • Wabaunsee USD 329

Board Office

Deborah Bremer, Board Secretary 
(785) 296-3203

Board Contact Information

Kansas Map of district 1

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Map (above) updated to January 2023 redistricting.

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