The March 2016 edition of School Administrator magazine has a feature story by Marguerite Roza entitled, "The Productivity of Rural Schools." The article highlighted the superior job that rural districts are achieving in education; and, even singled out comments from Mason I.S.D.'s own superintendent, Pam Kruse, in the article. The six key elements of success, as identified in the article, are: • The human touch with students, staff and the community • Sense of flexibility, creativity and s ...