{"id":22937,"date":"2019-11-26T16:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=22365"},"modified":"2019-11-26T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:14:38","slug":"ffsd-board-filing-begins-dec-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=22937","title":{"rendered":"FFSD Board Filing Begins Dec. 17;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Cumulative Voting with 3 Candidates<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals wanting to file a Declaration of Candidacy for three\nopen seats in the 2020 Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education\nelection may do so beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.&nbsp; The three-year terms of current board members\nRob Chabot, Donna Paulette-Thurman and Jessica Ponder will expire in April\n2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declarations of\nCandidacy may be picked up in the Office of the Superintendent, 8855 Dunn Rd.,\nHazelwood,&nbsp; from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on days\nthe district is open. Under Missouri law, the first day to file as a candidate\nis Tuesday, Dec. 17.&nbsp; Filing closes at 5\np.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.&nbsp; District\noffices will be closed Monday, Dec. 23 through Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 and Monday,\nJan. 20, 2020. The annual election for the Board of Education is Tuesday, April\n7, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Individuals wishing to\nfile for candidacy for the Board of Education must be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 A citizen of the\nUnited States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022At least 24 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022&nbsp; A resident taxpayer of the school district<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 A resident of the state\nof Missouri for at least one year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; In addition, the candidate\nmust follow these procedures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022File a declaration of\ncandidacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Line up for filing\npursuant to district Policy 4013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The Ferguson-Florissant\nSchool District board election in April 2020 will be conducted by cumulative voting,\na change ordered by the federal court. In cumulative voting, voters cast as\nmany votes as there are seats. Voters are not limited to giving only one vote\nto a candidate. Instead, they can give their votes to one or more candidates.\nFor instance, in this election for three open board seats, voters could choose\nto give one vote each to three different candidates, one vote to one candidate\nand two votes to another, or three votes to a single candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumulative Voting with 3 Candidates Individuals wanting to file a Declaration of Candidacy for three open seats in the 2020 Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education election may do so beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.&nbsp; The three-year terms of current board members Rob Chabot, Donna Paulette-Thurman and Jessica Ponder will expire in April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,17,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-government","category-education","category-florissant","category-school-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FFSD Board Filing Begins Dec. 17; 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