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Vol. 91 No. 2 COMPLIMENTARY
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Cumulative voting in Ferg-Flor School board diversity unchanged as black challenger unseats black incumbent By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
Ferguson-Florissant school board candidate Sheila PowellWalker talked with Diana Carpenter as she went into Wedgwood Elementary School to vote on Tuesday, April 2. Powell-Walker was elected to the school board.
Election results on Tuesday, April 2 suggest that federal court-ordered cumulative voting in the Ferguson-Florissant School District as a means to bring more diversity to its school board did not work as intended – at least not this time around. There were three candidates, two black and one white, vying for two positions, which meant one black candidate would win regardless. In the end, Leslie Suzanne Hogshead, a white incumbent, won with the most votes, 5,667 votes or 43.29 percent. A black challenger, Sheila Powell-Walker, came in second with 3,769 votes or 28.79 percent, removing a black incumbent, Connie Harge (3,565 votes or 27.23 percent) from the board.
n “We hope this is the beginning of a school board more responsive to the needs of all residents in the Ferguson-Florissant School District.” – Tony Rothert, legal director of ACLU of Missouri
Cumulative voting meant that voters could cast their two votes for one candidate, if they wished. The only white candidate on the ballot campaigned in an effort to make
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Wiley Price inducted into STL Media Hall of Fame By Chris King Of The St. Louis American St. Louis American photojournalist Wiley Price’s induction into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame on Saturday, n “Why would I March 30 was a throwback. want to work for It threw him someone that back to his first, doesn’t even show sweaty job in my community?” high school at the Edison Brothers’ – Wiley Price, on warehouse. The staying with the ceremony was held Black Press for three in the Red Lion decades Hotel in downtown St. Louis, which was built out in the former warehouse. “I spent the worst days in my life in this See PRICE, A7
Photo by Wiley Price
A stamp for Marvin Kim Fuller-Barnes performed “It’s So Sweet to Be Loved by You” at the United States Postal Services’ unveiling of a new Marvin Gaye stamp at the Grandel Theatre on Wednesday, April 3.
Rick Stevens is Stellar Performer BJC Christian Hospital president to be honored at Health Salute April 26 Christian Hospital President Rick Stevens hosted a community meeting with clergy on April 1. On Friday, April 26, he will receive the Stellar Performer in Health Care Award at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards Luncheon.
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American The paramedics weren’t able to save her. About 50 clergy members watched as a team of BJC Christian Hospital n “Rick has been very paramedics swooped in and much a man to not only tried to resuscitate give vision but to listen a 21-year-old – and listen to what the woman who had community has to say.” overdosed on heroin. – Bishop Larry Jones Thankfully, it was only a skit. The emergency medical team was only re-enacting a reality it faces daily during a community meeting with clergy on Monday, April 1. “We have the busiest emergency room in the state of Missouri,” Christian Hospital President Rick Stevens told clergy members. See STEVENS, A6
Photo by Rebecca Rivas
Adam Layne, Tracee Miller join SLPS board Both new directors want to boost community engagement in public schools By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American St. Louis city voters picked Adam Layne and Tracee Miller to serve on the seven-member elected St. Louis Public School Board in the April 2 general municipal election. Layne is a former Teach For America teacher who worked at the SLPS school Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, and he is an education advocate. He received 7,179 votes – out of 20,121 total votes. Miller is a former SLPS teacher and instructional coach who now works at the Khan Academy, which provides free, global educational resources online. She received 6,294 votes. There were five other candidates in the race, all vying for two open seats. Both Layne and Miller spoke about addressing racial inequities and providing innovative support See SLPS, A7