By Janine DavisRecord Staff WriterThe Wright City R-II school board has qualified to apply for a top performance award given by the Missouri School Boards Association.The invitation to apply for the Outstanding Boards of Education Award is based on every-member certification and the district’s scores on the state’s Annual Performance Report.“We received notice that the board has met the requirements to be able to apply for the Outstanding Boards of Education Award,” R-II Superintendent Dr. Chris Gaines told the board during its Dec. 18 meeting.The board can apply in one of six categories which cover teaching and learning assessment; human and organizational capital; climate, culture and organizational efficacy; school finance resources; physical and environmental resources; and governance, leadership and accountability.“Those six categories go back to the Missouri Vision Project and the work that MSBA and superintendents had done around setting a vision for the state,” said Gaines, who along with Mary Groeper, board treasurer, was involved in the vision project.The Missouri Public Education Vision Project is a joint effort of the MSBA and the Missouri Association of School Administrators. It outlines recommendations to provide every public school student in Missouri with a rigorous, world-class education to ensure they are prepared for college or careers.Gaines said that more than one district may receive an award in each Outstanding School Boards award category. The award will be given at the MSBA Leadership Summit in June.According to MSBA’s website, applications must be submitted by the board and are be due in March. Winners will be notified in May.To be eligible to apply for the award, all school board members must have obtained Essential Certified Board Member (CBM) certification from MSBA, and the district must have earned 85 percent or more on the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) 5 district Annual Performance Report for the current and previous school years.The R-II district was one of only 22 of the state’s 520 public school districts to receive the Missouri School Boards’ Association 2014 Governance Team Award for outstanding leadership, advocacy and professional development.MSBA