The Missouri State Board of Education held its regular April meeting at the Emory Melton Inn and Conference Center at Roaring River State Park. From right, Missouri Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven, Missouri Board of Education President Charlie Shields and Missouri Board of Education Vice President Carol Hallquist hear a presentation from the Missouri Department of Conservation on Connection Kids with Nature. Hallquist gave a hooray for a green school yard coming to a Kansas City-area school in the future.