St. Louis Board of Education

St. Louis voters elected a new leader and 3 newcomers to the city's public school board.

The current president of the SLPS Board of Education was the lone candidate running for reelection. Three other candidates running together with the support of charter school advocates also fell short of election.

Staff members and teachers from the Nahed Chapman New American Academy presented a petition in support of the program after SLPS leadership announced the program would be undergoing major changes.

Three seats are up for grabs for the April 8 election. The St. Louis Board of Education is in charge of governing one of the largest public school districts in the region.

Eleven candidates are running for three seats on the Board of Education for the St. Louis Public Schools. The election will be held on April 8.

There are now 11 candidates running in the April 8 election to fill three seats on the board.

The board appointed Borishade as superintendent during a closed session Tuesday night without opening up a formal hiring process.

"I can no longer serve on a board in good conscience that isn't acting ethically and upholding a responsibility to the public to thoroughly evaluate and report on the district's mismanagement of funds," Weiss said before walking out of Tuesday night's meeting.

A dozen candidates have filed to run for three seats on the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education in April. Missing from the list are two current board members, Matt Davis and Natalie Vowell.

Matt Davis announced his decision hours ahead of the deadline to file paperwork to run for another term in April.