{"id":12241,"date":"2014-03-19T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=12241"},"modified":"2014-03-19T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T19:00:05","slug":"how-will-mccoys-resignation-affect-april-board-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=12241","title":{"rendered":"How will McCoy\u2019s Resignation Affect April Board Election?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/b>By Bob Lindsey<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The surprise announcement last week that Ferguson-Florissant\u00a0superintendent Art McCoy was resigning could make the upcoming school board races even more interesting. One of the first orders of business for the new board when its seated next month will be the search for a new superintendent.<\/p>\n

McCoy and the school board issued a joint signed\u00a0 statement\u00a0 on March 12\u00a0 that McCoy was resigning effect March 14. It read: \u201cIt is mutually agreed and understood that full resolution of these matters is in the best interests of the Ferguson-Florissant School District. To those who have framed the issues as racially motivated, the parties are satisfied that each acted in good faith and with the best interests of the Ferguson-Florissant School District in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

At\u00a0 last Wednesday night\u2019s council meeting there were a few comments about the resignation from board members. Board member Brian Scott Ebert was the only one who voted against approving the agreement. Speaking at the meeting, he said he objected to just a \u201cfour line\u201d statement issued by the board. \u201cI believe the students, district and community deserve more than that, \u201che said and, \u201cI\u2019m deeply sorry\u201d there was not more from the board. Board president Paul Morris said, by law, all \u201cpersonnel records are secret and can\u2019t be revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outgoing board member Chris\u00a0Martinez, who is not seeking reelection next month, \u201ccounted 11 sentences\u201d attributed to McCoy on the matter that appeared on St. Louis Public Radio. He said he learned about McCoy\u2019s comments to St. Louis Public Radio after \u201cwe got a signed mutual agreement.\u201d He wished the former superintendent \u201cgreat things\u201d in his next position.\u00a0 McCoy is in the running for presidency at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

McCoy had been on paid suspension since last November. Parents and others had rallied around the superintendent late last year, which prompted the filing of\u00a0 a slate of three African-American candidates called \u201cGrade A For Change\u201d to run for the school board. They initially were concerned about the removal of a black superintendent by a school board with no African-American representation in a district with a majority of black students.\u00a0 Now, if any\u00a0 of them is elected, they will be involved in seeking McCoy\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A hearing was to be held on Wednesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 13 to allow McCoy to answer to charges from the board on the suspension.\u00a0 The hearing was planned for March 12 at 5:30 p.m., and was to be continued at the meeting on March 13.\u00a0 The hearing would have been closed to the public and\u00a0 media. With McCoy resigning before the hearing could be held, the school board cannot make the charges against McCoy public, even if it planned to do so.<\/p>\n

The most recent development was a letter from a school district attorney dated last November to the U.S. Department of Education stating that McCoy\u00a0 had given his password credentials to a former school board member after he left the school board. The board and its attorneys recognized this as a \u201cmajor infraction\u201d and terminated the access. Cindy Ormsby, an attorney for the board, then sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education \u201chumbly self-reporting\u201d\u00a0 the violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Ac t (FERPA).<\/p>\n

In the letter to the U.S. DOE,\u00a0 Ormsby wrote that this access\u00a0 by the former board member \u201ccontinued\u00a0 until the board became aware of the situation on Nov. 13, 2013 at which time the access was terminated. No other non-district employee has such access to records.\u201d However, there were no communications to the state from the district that any student records or assessment had been changed by anyone.<\/p>\n

Still to be determined is what impact these latest events will have on the district school board races on Tuesday, Aug. 8. The slate of three candidates (F. Willis Johnson, Jr., Donna Paulette-Thurman and James A. Savala) who call themselves \u201cGrade A for Change\u201d had supported the superintendent.<\/p>\n

They are among the eight candidates for the school board election on Tuesday, April 8. Other candidates include incumbent board president Paul T. Morris and director Rob Chabot. The other three candidates are LaWanda Wallace, Kimberley A. Benz and Larry Thomas. (Bios on all the candidates will appear in the April 3rd<\/sup> issue of The Independent News.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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