Karen Byrd is beginning her 24th year of serving the Boone County Schools as a School Board Member.  During that time she has been elected Chairperson of the Board 5 times.  Her list of accomplishments include being appointed to a 4 year term to serve on the SCAAC by then Governor Ernie Fletcher.  Ms. Byrd was re-elected to serve a three year term on the KSBA Board of Directors as a Director At Large.  She has been a Boone County resident for over thirty years, a Tennessean by birth and a Kentuckian by choice!