Sunday, March 10, 2013
Malone is running for a seat on the St. Charles Board of Education against five others.
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Marita Malone, 62 Occupation: contract investigations, adjunct instructor at Saint Louis University, council member, and volunteer money manager in the Lutheran Senior Services' Volunteer Money Management Program Education: Ph.D., Public Administration, Master's Business Administration Family: Husband Michael and three step children, all who went through the public school system Years in St. Charles: On and off since I was a child. Moved back to St. Charles the last time in 2003. My father's family has lived in Saint Charles since the 1830s. Background: Why are you …
Towers is running for reelection to the St. Charles Board of Education
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Donna Towers, 67 Occupation: Assistant Professor of Graduate Programs at Lindenwood University Education: Doctorate degree in Educational Administration Family: Husband, Tom Towers, retired from St. Charles County Human Resources Department; son, Chad Towers, educator and coach; daughter, Samantha Sutton, educator and administrator Years in St. Charles: 57 years First Elected to office: 2004 Background: Why are you running for reelection? I'm proud of the work that our Board has accomplished. I want to continue our preschool program knowing the good impact it will …
Thorne is running for reelection to the St. Charles Board of Education.
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Mike Thorne, 61 Occupation: Retired Teacher Education: Veteran United States Marine Corps B. S. in Education-Special Education/Masters in Sport Science Sports Management Family: Married, two married children, five grandchildren Years in St. Charles: 60 years First Elected to office: Elected to two, three year terms, 2007 to present Background: I have served as a certified Board member and Board Treasurer during the last six years. I have 28 years teaching experience in the City of St. Charles School District and retired from the district in 2006. Why are you …
Howard Faith would like to see the district offer year round preschool.
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Howard Faith, 44 Occupation: Facilities Coordinator Education: A.A.S Business Management; Certificate in Accounting and Computer Networking from St. Charles Community College Family: Married with three children that attended the St. Charles School District and four grandchildren that currently will be attending Years in St. Charles: 44 Background: I retired from the City of St. Charles School District in 2012 after 25 years. During that time I worked in the facilities department as a custodian, general maintenance worker, and grounds worker. I also worked in the …
Alfred is running for election to the Board of Education.
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Ron Alfred, 58 Occupation: Technical Manager at software company for utilities Education: B. S. in Computer Science, Southeast Missouri State University Family: Wife, Kathy is a lunch aid at Jefferson Intermidiate school. Daughters, Emily and Claire are teachers, son Henry is in college at Southeast Missouri State University. Years in St. Charles: 50+ years Background: The mission statement of our school district reads as such; “The City of St. Charles School District will educate all students to become caring, productive, life-long learners in a global society.” I …
Sylvia Garzia is running for the Board of Education.
Patch reached out to all local candidates for office to do an election profile before the April election. All candidates who spoke with Patch will be featured on the site. Sylvia Garzia, 63 Occupation: Retired Physical Therapist Education: Seton Hill College BS in Biological Sciences; University of Pennsylvania post-graduate Physical Therapy Family: Married 40 years, three children and two grandchildren Years in St. Charles: 30 Background: I worked in the City of St. Charles School District from 1983-2004 as a Physical Therapist. During those years I worked with administrators, teachers, support staff, parents and of course special needs students. Before that, I worked in a similar capacity for a rural school district intermediate unit …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Patch will send questionnaires to the five candidates running in the April election for two seats on the St. Charles Board of Education. What questions should we include?
Six candidates have filed to run for two seats on the St. Charles Board of Education in the April 2 election. As we approach the election, Patch will send each candidate a questionnaire to help empower voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they believe in. And we would like to include all of you in the process. What questions do you have for the candidates? Do you have a question about an issue in a particular school? Or would you like to know the candidates' viewpoints on a more general question for the whole St. Charles School District? Please share your questions in the comments section at the bottom of this article. We'll include as many as we can in our candidate questionnaire. We ask that you please ask questions that are…
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Six candidates file in St. Charles School Board; Orchard Farm School Board won't hold election.
Update: Chad Lange has decided to drop out of the race for the Francis Howell Board of Education, just a day after the close of filing, according to a press release from the school district. That leaves just four people running for two open seats on the Board of Education, including incumbents Amy McEvoy and Cynthia Bice. McEvoy, a Missouri Options teacher at Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, was first elected to the school board in 2010. Bice also has completed one term on the board. She's the Dean of the School of Education at Lindenwood University. Other candidates include: Robert Faltisek and Tony Yakich, a 2005 graduate of Francis Howell North High School. St. Charles Board of Education Six people have filed to run for St…
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
St. Charles School District seeks feedback from community members, parents and staff as it begins the comprehensive school improvement plan
St. Charles School District plans to spend the next few months working on a strategic plan to guide the work the district will do in the next five years. As part of developing the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan, the district has assembled a team of more than 100 people including community members, students, teachers, staff and alumni to work on various committees starting Jan. 9. "All different stakeholders will be represented in these groups," said Superintendent Jeff Marion. In addition, the district is asking the community for feedback through a survey. The survey asks people to agree or disagree on a scale with several questions, including: To participate in the survey, click on a link below. The surveys will be available …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
District may put bond issue before voters to pay for more than $2.5 million in security improvements and other construction projects.
The district has identified $2.5 million in security upgrades that are needed across the district, including installing an alarm system to the front door of each building, electronic locks and a card entry system. Following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT on Friday, Superintendent Jeff Marion posted an update online with information about the district's current security measures and plans for improvement. Marion reassured parents that the district staff has had training for situations involving an intruder or an active shooter in the schools. In addition, all schools lock exterior doors during the school day except for the front door. Individual classroom doors also have intruder locks to allow teachers to quickly …
Catherine Cummings
11:56 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
I agree with most of what you have written. The High Schools need to have a better curriculum to prepare students for today's IT world. Better computer and science courses. When my daughters attended we had a hard time plotting a schedule that would enable them to take the courses necessary to enter a 4 year Missouri college. Has this been improved. Career paths for graduating students need to be… more ›