The Missouri Board of Education voted to return the local control of The Normandy Schools Collaborative will soon be led by a fully elected Board of Education, ending Missouri State
At forums in Riverview Gardens and Normandy, community members came together to discuss attendance, teacher turnover and the state’s role in the school districts.
Normandy Schools Collaborative, Missouri
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Normandy School District, is a school district in Missouri.
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Loss of accreditation leads to student transfers and name change
In January 2013, the Missouri State Department of Education revoked the accreditation of Normandy School District, enacting a seldom used statute in Missouri called the school transfer law. The law provides students in unaccredited school districts to transfer to other schools without paying tuition. The unaccredited district must provide transportation to at least one other school district.
The Normandy School District chose Francis Howell School District, which is roughly 30 miles away from the Normandy community, as the district where their buses would take students. About 500 students left Normandy, taking federal funding with them.
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Mike Jones is one of two new members who will join an expanded state-appointed board overseeing Normandy s school district. He previously served on the state school board.
The Normandy school district’s state-appointed governing board gained two more members Thursday as the state school board tried to appease concerns in the community over the struggling district’s leadership.
In a brief special meeting of the Missouri State Board of Education, board members approved expanding Normandy’s governing board, known formally as the Joint-Executive Governing Board, from five members to seven.
Mike Jones, a former state board member, will soon join Normandy’s board along with William Humphrey, who served on Normandy’s school board as an elected member before the state takeover.