Friday, April 12, 2013
After swearing in a new board member, the board disagrees about who would be the best board president.
Despite a 15-minute tornado warning delay, Ferguson-Florissant Superintendent Art McCoy swore in Keith A. Brown to the district’s board of education. The board also elected new officers, which led to a bit of tension in the room. Brown as well as incumbent Leslie Hogshead took an oath in front of a small crowd Wednesday night. Each won their seat on the board following the April 2 election. When the time came to nominate board members for the office of board president, Hogshead and current board president Paul Morris were nominated. Board member Paul Schroeder disagreed with the nomination, though. Schroeder said that he was concerned with Morris tenure as president regarding the calling of impromptu meetings, which he said violate the …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Board members discuss amount of time students actually spend in the classroom.
The Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education approved its 2012-13 school year calendar Wednesday night—but not without its share of discussion about considerations for the future. After the initial motions to approve the calendar, board director Chris Martinez pointed out to the board that there’s an imminent task to look at how much time students are spending in class. Board vice president Paul Schroeder said that with so many reduction in out-of-school suspension, the board might have more time to review the matter. Both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 calendars include 179 student attendance days for the district. According to a memo by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, school districts meet state guidelines under …
Friday, August 12, 2011
Chief financial officer informs board of financial results from the last fiscal year.
While the City of Florissant begins to contemplate its financial future, the Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education received good news regarding its 2010-11 fiscal year. During Wednesday’s board meeting, Chief Financial Officer Mick Willis presented the financial results of the 2010-11 fiscal year and showed that the district ended with a small surplus for the first time in the past two school years as revenues exceeded expenses. Willis showed that the district’s projected revenue and costs came close to the actual figures. Willis said that the district started the fiscal year at $25.5 million in reserves and ended at $26.4 million. The district projected the reserves to end at $26 million. The expenditures of the district came close to …
Thursday, June 9, 2011
As Art McCoy prepares to step into superintendent role, he's assembled several to assist in his promotion.
With Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Art McCoy set to take the superintendent reins in July, he announced new administrators who will be joining him in his new position on Wednesday. Ferguson-Florissant Superintendent Jeff Spiegel steps down on June 30 after working for the district for the past 35 years. McCoy made a presentation to the Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education Wednesday night on the newly selected administrators for the coming school year. McCoy announced the following as new administrators: Whitesell has been the principal of McCluer High School for the past 12 years and was recently named Principal of the Year by the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals. Spiller has previously served as …
Chris Martinez
1:10 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011
Hi Kim, Great question. One will be posted in the district communications (Facebook, website, etc) soon or you can contact the administration office at 314) 506-9037. Happy holidays, Chris more ›