【時報訊】聖路易郡最大學區Rockwood學區退休總監Craig H.Larson教育博士，在四月六日選舉中，當選聖路易社區學院董事，任期六年。他將代表社區學院第四區於四月二十九日宣誓就職。
Craig Larson博士擊敗強硬對手Tina Odo博士、競選連任之Robert C. Nelson及Robert M. Johns等三位候選人，得票20,823票，Odo得票16,250，Nelson得票10,946，Johns得票5076票。Tina Odo曾任聖路易社區學院總法律顧問。Robert Nelson曾任社區學院體育副教授及籃球教練，Robert Johns曾任職社區學院麥瑞克區校長。
聖路易社區學院董事會分四區，涵蓋範圍為Parkway, Kirkwood, Lindbergh, Mehlville, Rockwood, Valley Park, Meramec Valley等學區及部分Franklin和Jefferson郡。
聖路易社區學院董事會有六位董事組成，分別代表四個社區學院服務之地區，其中第一和第四地區最大，分別由兩位董事代表。董事會對人事僱用、解僱、經費使用、合約、學校新課目、學生收費、稅率徵收、學校設備等有最後決定權，董事會每月召開會議一次，會議對外開放。
Larson Elected to STLCC Board of Trustees
The retiring superintendent of one of St. Louis County's largest school districts was elected to serve a six-year term on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees on April 6.
Craig H. Larson, Ed.D., who is retiring from his post with the Rockwood School District, will represent Subdistrict 4. He will take the oath of office at the April 29 Board of Trustees meeting at the college's Forest Park campus.
Larson defeated Tina A. Odo, J.D., incumbent Robert C. Nelson and Robert M. Johns in the Subdistrict 4 race. The uncertified vote was 20,823 for Larson; 16,250 for Odo, former general counsel for St. Louis Community College; 10,946 for Nelson, a retired associate professor in physical education and former basketball coach at STLCC-Forest Park; and 5,076 for Johns, a former employee at the college's Meramec campus.
Subdistrict 4 includes the Parkway, Kirkwood, Lindbergh, Mehlville, Rockwood, Valley Park and Meramec Valley school districts and portions of Franklin and Jefferson counties.
The STLCC Board of Trustees is a six-member board that represents the four subdistricts of the college service area. Subdistricts 1 and 4 are the two large subdistricts, each represented by two trustees. Subdistricts 2 and 3 are smaller, each represented by one trustee. The board makes all final decisions concerning employment, termination of services, expenditure of funds, contracts, establishment of new programs, student fees, tax levies and construction of facilities. Regular board meetings are scheduled each month and are open to the public.
Established in 1962, St. Louis Community College is the largest community college district in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. STLCC has four campuses - Florissant Valley, Forest Park, Meramec and Wildwood - that annually serve more than 120,000 students through credit, non-credit and continuing education courses. For more information about STLCC, visit www.stlcc.edu. |
