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CAC Audited JANUARY 14 – 20, 2016
Vol. 86 No. 41 COMPLIMENTARY
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U. City Board picks finalists Three candidates vie to be superintendent By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American The University City School Board has announced three finalists for the superintendent’s position – assistant superintendents from Normandy and Ritenour school districts and an assistant super from within University City schools. All three candidates have been participating in interviews with the school board and with interview committees since January 8. The interview committees are comprised
n The appointment is pending salary and benefit negotiations with the selected candidate. Photo by Wiley Price
of teachers, administrators, community stakeholders, parents and students. School Exec Connect is the firm assisting the board with the superintendent search. After the finalists have all been interviewed, the board will select one candidate to hire and will begin negotiations around the
new superintendent’s contract. No salary has been set and the appointment is pending salary and benefit negotiations with the selected candidate. The board expects to name the new superintendent at its February See U. CITY, A6
Alderwoman Tammika Hubbard, U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay and Rev. Charles Brown, president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition, announced a petition drive to keep the NGA West facility in the city of St. Louis on January 9.
Clergy start petition drive to keep NGA in city ‘This is where the need is’ By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Within 30 days, St. Louis clergy members and community leaders said that they can deliver 100,000 petition signatures to the White House, asking the administration to relocate its regional mapping-intelligence headquarters to North St. Louis. They’re calling it the “We the People” petition, the group said at a press conference on January 9 held at the St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation. The National Geospatial-Intelligence
n “This is where the development needs to occur.”
Agency (NGA) has been looking for a new site – Rev. Charles to build a Brown, president $1.6 billion of the St. Louis headquarter Metropolitan Clergy facility, Coalition leaving the current NGA West location near the Anheuser-Busch InBev Brewery See NGA, A7
Chapel to lead Missouri NAACP Jeff City Branch president takes over for Mary Ratliff By Mariah Stewart Of The St. Louis American
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Coloring Dr. King On Tuesday, January 12, students at Bryan Hill Elementary School in North St. Louis worked hard on a project assigned in advance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday.
Nimrod “Rod” T. Chapel Jr. is the new president of the Missouri NAACP, the organization announced on Saturday, January 9 – the state conference’s 14th president and first elected president in nearly 30 years. Chapel, 45, has led the NAACP’s Jefferson City Chapter for seven years. When protests and injustices were highlighted on Mizzou’s campus last fall, Chapel helped launched a hotline for students to call when instances of hate crimes or discrimination occurred. His leadership with the NAACP dates back to his college days, when he served as president of the Oklahoma State University Chapter of the NAACP. See CHAPEL, A7
n “I have a heart for people who have been injured or mistreated and hope to bring that passion to the Missouri NAACP.” – Nimrod “Rod” T. Chapel Jr.