November 14 Meeting

Superintendent's Report

• Fall High School Musical, Emma: A Pop Musical, will continue to run through this weekend with showtimes on Nov. 17 & 18 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.
• Senior, Jersey Miller, placed 40th at the State Girls Cross Country Championship
• Senior girls soccer player Vesna Dennison was named first team All-Metro, first team All-State and one of five finalists for Ms. Soccer. 
• Lastly, 39 of 70 senior fall sport athletes were recognized by the Metro West Conference as Academic All-Conference for having a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher.

School Board Accepts the Nov. 7 Election Canvassing Results

The School Board canvassed and approved the November 7, 2023 School Board Election results for St. Louis Park Public Schools. The Secretary of State's unofficial results are:

• Virginia Mancini 5328
• Celia Anderson 4560
• Colin Cox 4282
• Taylor Williams 4022
• Saul Eugene 3998
• Write-In votes at 247

There were four open school board seats for the Nov. 7, 2023 election.

Superintendent Search Discussion

The School Board engaged in an initial conversation about the superintendent search, including sharing their hopes and dreams, reviewing key documents such as the superintendent job description, policies related to the superintendent and superintendent-school board working relationship, and summary of search services from the Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA).

The School Board expressed a strong commitment to a search process that builds trust through transparency, consistency, communication and a strong engagement process, especially with our diverse communities.

The School Board gave direction to administration to reach out to MSBA, seek a proposal for superintendent search services and bring that proposal to the Nov. 28 meeting for consideration.