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Jamilah Nasheed endorses Tishaura Jones for St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones huddled with Jamilah Nasheed during a Democratic National Committee meeting held at St. Louis Union Station in August 2010, when both were Missouri state representatives. Nasheed has now endorsed Jones for St. Louis mayor.
‘We will have to turn out in record numbers’ on March 7, state senator says By Chris King Of The St. Louis American State Senator Jamilah Nasheed – the city’s most senior and powerful elected official in state government – has endorsed Tishaura O. Jones for St. Louis mayor in the March 7 Democratic primary election. “The candidate I plan to work to have our community
unite around is Tishaura Jones,” Nasheed said in a statement. “I have known Tishaura since we were colleagues in the Missouri Legislature more than six years ago. She has always, like me, been her own person. And also like me, she has always been unbought and unbossed
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Power of mentors Jarvis Brown listened to leaders – and is one himself now in the U.S. Air Force By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
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The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 2016 consisted of 812 cadets who graduated on June 2, 2016 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado – including Jarvis Brown, front.
As an incoming freshman at Gateway High School, Jarvis Brown joined the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Although he initially thought of owning his own business one day, the structure, leadership training and mentorship provided by ROTC diverted him. “It was the structure of the military that appealed to me. I did a lot of leadership activities while I was in high school, and I found that it was hard,” Brown said. “I guess every leader would say that it is hard to lead people, especially when you don’t have that structure.” The civilian world is more relaxed, he said, and they are not particularly obligated to listen to you.
SLPS earns full accredited status Superintendent Adams: ‘we still have a lot of work to do’
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New standards for muni police rejected Appeals court says policing standards not covered in state law on public health
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Nine years, nine months and 19 days ago, Saint Louis Public Schools lost its accreditation status. The elected school board was stripped of its authority and replaced by a three-member Special Administrative Board (SAB). Dr. William Danforth told those three members that it would take at least 10 years before the district would see real change and improvement. “I couldn’t even fathom being in this role for 10 years,” Richard Sullivan, head of the SAB, said at a press conference on Tuesday, January 10. “While those words ring in my ears, I’m pretty proud and happy of the
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Mike Jones, a member of the State Board of Education, spoke with Kelvin Adams, superintendent of Saint Louis Public Schools, at a press conference to discuss the district’s return to full state accreditation status on Tuesday, January 10.
A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled that the St. Louis County Council overstepped its boundaries when it tried to impose certain minimum standards on the 50 or so municipal police departments in the county’s borders. The County Council approved those standards in December 2015 over fierce objections from municipal leaders. Departments would have See POLICE, A7