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Six candidates will vie for two open seats on the St. Louis Board of Education on April 4, 2006.
Each voter may vote for two of the six.
The two with the highest number of votes overall will be elected.
The candidates are • James Buford, chief executive and President of the Urban League and an incumbent board member appointed by the Mayor in November, 2005, to fill a vacated seat. • Darnetta Clinkscale, Patient Care Director for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Services at Barnes Jewish Hospital and also an incumbent who is completing her first term and has served as President of the Board for several years. • Peter Downs, SLPS parent and editor of the St. Louis Construction News and past candidate for the School Board. • Donna Jones, SLPS parent and Educational Associate and Risk Assessor for the St. Louis Lead Prevention Coalition. • Dennis McLin-Shireff, former St. Louis Police Officer. • Joe Clark, retired former head of the SLPS plumbing department and trustee of the St. Louis teachers’ pension fund.
The Board of Election Commissioners has also announced that the new touch-screen voting machines will be in place for the first time in the City of St. Louis.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2006.
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