Board of Education Work Session Meeting 10/13/2026

The Saint Louis Public Schools Board of Education’s October 13, 2026 regular business meeting included several contract and purchasing actions. The board approved a Missouri School Boards’ Association policy project for $35,000, with one dissenting vote, and approved contracts or agreements for Panorama Education (one abstention), an MVR agreement supporting employment services for students with disabilities, a community-partner MOU addendum, and CliftonLarsonAllen client accounting advisory services; amounts for those latter items were not stated. The board also approved an amendment to the Confluence contract extending its term from November 11, 2026, through June 30, 2027, and approved Pear Deck with several abstentions. A Turnitin Clarity Suite contract for Metro Academic and Classical High School, not to exceed $4,238.42, was presented for information rather than a vote. The board received an informational proposal for a retirement incentive: eligible school leaders would receive a one-time $25,000 payment, with estimated total incentive costs of $700,000 and projected savings of about $4.1 million; a vote was expected at a later meeting. The board also discussed a lower-than-projected deficit and efforts to sell unused district buildings, with no specific real-estate action taken at this meeting.

Other discussion centered on the district’s improvement plan and state A-to-F accountability framework, student achievement, attendance, school climate, and the Panorama survey. Public comment urged the board to reconsider potential school closures, including Shannondoa Elementary, and requested a joint committee hearing. No procurement decision on school closures or the retirement proposal was made during the meeting.