By Antonio D. French
Filed Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 8:43 PM
The St. Louis Board of Education tonight voted to make Dr. Diana Bourisaw the permanent superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools. Labels: Schools
By a vote of 4-2 (board member Ron Jackson walked out of the meeting) the board voted in a closed meeting to drop the title of "interim".
"After viewing first-hand the abilities of Dr. Bourisaw, the board felt there was no need to look further for a new superintendent," said Board President Veronica O'Brien in press release handed out later at the regular administrative meeting, which was open to the public.
"We have the perfect leader right in front of us," said O'Brien.
Check back later for video from tonight's meeting.
UPDATE: School Board President Veronica O'Brien told reporters after the meeting that the board dropped the "interim" title so the superintendent could apply for grants for the district.
"We can't apply for some of the grants that she can go in and get with the name 'interim' on it," she said.
O'Brien also said that making Dr. Bourisaw the permanent superintendent helps provide stability for the district, which helps to attract higher quality staff.
"We did what was in the best interest of the district and I think were following the guidelines of what [State Education Commissioner] Kent King and the task force want us to do," she said.
5 Comments:
The Post still has the vote wrong on its website. Nice reporting, Antonio.
9/13/2006 12:17 AM
Nice to see things being updated regularly. Now I just have to remember were I posted last. I have forgotten about 5 or 6 places where I posted.
9/13/2006 1:58 AM
To Brian, once again, women being judged by their appearances.
9/14/2006 8:26 AM
This is wrong. The parents and community have never any input into this decision. The previous Board at least held a series of community meetings with the final candidates before selecting Williams. Is the new majority too good to allow the people of this city the same respect, or it is they don't care what we think.
9/17/2006 7:17 AM
Last anonymous, the previous board did not hold meetings to appoint William Roberti, Floyd Crues, or Pamela Hughes.
Please get your facts straight and honest.
9/18/2006 9:07 PM
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