sbloom@ridgewayschool.org

Board Chair - Parent Representative - Serving on the Board Governance Committee 

Mrs. Bloom is in her first term on the Ridgeway Community School Board. She has been a licensed insurance agent with Country Financial Insurance for the past eight years.   She and her family live in the Ridgeway area and Sarah attended Ridgeway Elementary School before its conversion to Ridgeway Community School.   Sarah serves as the Pleasant Hill Township Clerk and is active in Ridgeway Evangelical Lutheran Church.  She recently stepped down from her position as the treasurer of the La Crescent  Applefest board where she served for many years.  Sarah's daughter Averie is currently a 3rd grader at Ridgeway Community School.  

Term dates: 7/1/25 to 6/30/27

sconway@ridgewayschool.org

Board Member - Teacher Representative - Serving on the Policy Committee.   ​​​​​​

Mrs. Conway is serving in her fifth two-year cycle on the board of directors, as a teacher representative. She has been the special education teacher at Ridgeway Community School and has served on the Educational Leadership Team for 18 years. She has a first grader attending Ridgeway Community School and a preschooler. Mrs. Conway is a member of the Educational Leadership Team and oversees the school’s intervention (RISE) program. She has served as the school board chairperson for nine years..  

Term dates:  7/1/25 to 6/30/27

rise@ridgewayschool.org

Board Member - Teacher Representative - Serving on the Policy Committees.   ​​​​​​

Mrs. Kramer is serving in her first term on the RCS board.  She is in her 4th year as the school's RISE Program intervention teacher at Ridgeway Community School.  Anne serves on the school board's policy committee.  Before working at RCS Mrs. Kramer taught at Bluffview Montessori School in Winona.  She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Winona State University.  Anne and her husband have two daughters and reside in Winona.  

Term dates:  7/1/24 to 6/31/26

jkrings@ridgewayschool.org

Board Member - Teacher Representative - Serving on the Finance and Personnel Committees

Mrs. Krings is in her 18th year as a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Ridgeway Community School.  Her responsibilities include teaching 4th grade math and science to all of the 4th and 5th grade students as well as reading and language arts to her 4th and 5th grade class.  In addition to her teaching responsibilities Jennifer also serves as the school's Co-Lead Teacher and Assessment Coordinator.  She is also a member of the Educational Leadership Team and serves on the board's Personnel and Finance Committees.  Mrs. Krings and her husband have two sons, a 5th grader attending Ridgeway Community School and a 9th grader.

Term Dates: 7/1/25 to 6/31/27

blarsen@ridgewayschool.org

Board Member - Parent  Representative - 

Mrs. Larsen is serving her second term as a parent representative on the RCS board.  She is the assistant Athletic Director at Winona State University and is responsible for all aspects of athletic program compliance including student-athlete eligibility.  She has received awards for her service to the university due to her work on several university committees.  While her primary work has been at the collegiate level she has held a K-12 teaching license.  Bree is a bonus mom of two boys who attended RCS and has a 3rd-grade son and a 1st-grade daughter who attends Ridgeway Community School.   Bree, her husband and her family live in Pleasant Valley.

Term dates: 7/1/24 to 6/31/26

dnutter@ridgewayschool.org

Community Representative - Board Treasurer - Serving on the Finance Committee
Mr. Nutter is serving his second two-year term on the RCS Board.  Dave is the parent of three RCS alumni.  His daughter, Alex, graduated from the University of Sioux Falls and teaches 3rd grade in Sioux Falls, SD.  His son Grant studies pharmacy at Drake University, and his youngest son Ryan is a freshmen at the University of Sioux Falls.  Dave has volunteered at RCS for several years running open gym sessions and has twice chaperoned the 4th and 5th grade field trip to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center.  Dave was the co-owner of a software development company, HAV Inc., for 30 years.  Dave, his wife and family live south of Ridgeway in nearby Houston township.  

Term dates: 7/1/24 to 6/31/26