Helen K. Foster, Superintendent of Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, leverages more than two decades of experience in educational administration to improve student performance. Active in her professional community, Helen K. Foster belongs to several organizations, including the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO).
As part of its efforts to support and promote excellence among school business professionals, CASBO offers scholarships to its members to help cover the cost of training and continuing education.
Open to current members who did not receive it during the previous year, the CASBO Annual Conference and California School Business Expo Scholarship is given to 15 returning attendees at the conference and 15 first-time attendees. It covers only the cost of conference registration; recipients must still cover lodging and travel.
The Robert “Bob” Reeves Scholarship is available to a single CASBO member who has not won the scholarship in the past five years. Applicants must be either enrolled in an education program relating to school business, an employee in the education field who wants to further their education in the school business profession, or a postgraduate pursuing school business. Recipients of this scholarship receive $1,000 to offset the cost of their education.
Finally, CASBO maintains three section-based scholarships. The Central Section Pat Kraft Memorial Scholarship gives $1,000 to CASBO Central Section members, while the Eastern Section Scholarship awards up to $2,000 to Eastern Section CASBO members who want to participate in approved study programs. Members attending a CASBO Academy or CBO program in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and Ventura counties can receive one of two $500 Southern Section Scholarships.
