Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Seats on the Chesterfield City Council, the Monarch Fire Protection District and the Rockwood and Parkway school boards are all up for election along with the position of Chesterfield Mayor.
The race is now official on for municipal, fire protection district and school board candidates in local elections to be held April 2, 2013. The official filling period expired yesterday on Jan. 15. Here's a final list of candidates for offices that will impact Chesterfield residents. Sign up for Patch's free newsletter to receive up-to-date coverage of these elections. City of Chesterfield Four of seats on the Chesterfield City Council will be up for election in April, Matt Segal from Ward I, Derek Grier from Ward II, Randy Logan from Ward III and Bob Nation from Ward IV. Chesterfield Mayor Bruce Geiger's term also expires in April. Council members are elected to two-year terms while the mayor serves for four. The following individuals…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Seats on the Chesterfield City Council, the Monarch Fire Protection District and the Rockwood and Parkway school boards are all up for election along with the position of Chesterfield Mayor.
The race is on for municipal, fire protection district and school board candidates in local elections to be held April 2, 2013. The official filling period began Dec. 11 and will run until Jan. 15, 2013. Patch has a list of all those who have filed so far in the elections that will impact Chesterfield residents. Editor's Note: This article will be periodically updated as new filling information becomes available. City of Chesterfield Four of seats on the Chesterfield City Council will be up for election in April, Matt Segal from Ward I, Derek Grier from Ward II, Randy Logan from Ward III and Bob Nation from Ward IV. Chesterfield Mayor Bruce Geiger's term also expires in April. Council members are elected to two-year terms while the mayor…
Monday, April 2, 2012
Saturday was the last Rockwood board of education candidates' forum, but only one candidate participated. Summary of each of four candidates at bottom of article.
Two director seats on the Rockwood School District Board of Education will be decided during the April 3 election, due to the three-year terms of directors Peggy Devoy and Geoff Rigabar expiring. Devoy declared long ago she would not seek re-election. Four candidates are running for the two spots. A fifth candidate, incumbent Rigabar, filed but withdrew from the race in January. Rigabar was selected by board of education directors in November to fill the position left open by Matthew Fitzpatrick, who resigned in October. Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions, a self-proclaimed watchdog group of the district and coalition of non-partisan taxpayers, hosted three candidates' forums last month. The first one was held March 3 at The Pointe …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Two Chesterfield residents, one from Ellisville, and one from Eureka. Two seats, four candidates. Rockwood district provided the following information.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Jennifer Kelly 17726 Westhampton Woods Drive Chesterfield 63005 jljkelly@gmail.com Sherri L. Rogers 2116 Woodlet Park Drive Chesterfield 63017 votesherrirogers@gmail.com and www.votesherrirogers.com Victor Hieken 1146 Ridgeway Meadow Drive Ellisville 63021 vhieken@uhy-us.com William (Bill) Brown 740 Emerald Oaks Court Eureka 63025 wbrown0151@gmail.org
Monday, July 18, 2011
Results from a phone survey of Rockwood residents in June showed more people appear enlightened about financial issues in the district.
A phone survey of Rockwood School District residents in June shows some changes in the public's perceptions of the district's image and its financial outlook since the last survey in October. "The data indicates there is a growing awareness of the district's financial challenges among Rockwood patrons," said Rod Wright, president of survey company UNICOM-ARC, at Thursday's meeting of the Rockwood board of education. "They value quality, but don't appear to be connecting the dots yet between the costs of that value." School board directors commissioned the survey by the St. Louis-based market research company, which has worked with Rockwood for nearly 20 years. Rockwood communications coordinator Cathy Orta said the survey cost $19,750, …
Monday, June 27, 2011
The decision to eliminate the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program has been reversed. It now will continue in 2011-2012 year.
The decisions to cease a police officer-based drug education program executed in the Rockwood School District since 1988 was reversed at the June 16 board of education meeting. The reversal was a reaction to public outcry expressed at two board of education meetings and through phone calls, e-mails and letters after district administrators announced the surprise elimination of the popular Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program on May 12. Rockwood's drug education committee members now indicate they will approach the program's evaluation differently. Prior to a presentation at the June 16 meeting from the committee of administrators and principals—including some new members—Rockwood's Board of Education President Steve Smith …
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Rockwood School District Superintendent Bruce Borchers, the district's chief communications officer and board of education president talk facts, timing and considerations about new hires that created public controversy.
Filling two key Rockwood School District administrator positions that have been vacant since the 2009-2010 school year prompted a blip of public scrutiny and comments this week. Many questions surfaced after Rockwood Superintendent Bruce Borchers filled those positions with two colleagues he previously worked with in a Minnesota district prior to taking the helm at Rockwood. Critics, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan, spotlighted that the same two professionals consulted for Rockwood this year, assisting Borchers in planning the district's reorganization, which included the two jobs in question. Borchers maintained that the two professionals were the best suited for the tasks. Rockwood Board of Education President …
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Recent administrative hires by Rockwood Superintendent Bruce Borchers have prompted scrutiny. A statement from the Rockwood Board of Education still is pending.
Recent administrative hires by Rockwood School District's Superintendent Bruce Borchers prompted an outcry this week from critics, who say should not have happened because Borchers worked with them in Minnesota and recently received their consulting services concerning the positions. The criticism came in part in a column by St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Bill McClellan. The column reiterated a report that Borchers hired two former colleagues through the Minnesota school district he taught at prior to the 2010-2011 school year. Nancy DuBois and Randy Smasal accepted a consulting contract with the Rockwood School District while still employed full-time by their own district, an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Sunday. The two …
Thursday, June 16, 2011
A group of Rockwood principals and administrators have been evaluating and revising the district's approach to drug education since Aug. 9, 2010.
The future of Rockwood School District's drug education efforts is not settled, and a Patch examination revealed that some factors associated with the program haven't been fully communicated. The recent controversy about the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program should be addressed at Thursday's Rockwood School District board of education meeting. In what appeared to be a huge surprise, district officials informed local police officers last month that the free, community-oriented program was being dropped. That news prompted students and families who believe the program is helpful to rally around it and to attend recent board of education meetings to ask why D.A.R.E. was eliminated and why it couldn't be reinstated. District-…
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Six candidates vied for three seats on the board.
Incumbent Stephen Smith will be joined by Keith Kinder and Matt Doell on the Rockwood School District Board of Education. Six candidates competed for three three-year terms on the board. Kinder and Doell will replace current board members Darla Baker and Kim McGuiness, who did not run for re-election. Kinder, of Ballwin, received 7,068 votes, or 24.41 percent. Kinder is an assistant professor at Maryville University who was a high school principal in the Rockwood district. He previously told Patch he wanted to give back to the district where he worked for 17 years. Doell, of Eureka, received 5,761, or 19.89 percent. Doell is an electrical engineer who said he would bring a background of corporate management, labor relations, community …
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