School Board

About the School Board

The Board of Education is made up of seven school district residents elected at-large to serve terms of four years. The board is the governing body responsible for setting direction and providing support for quality educational opportunities for all students served by the St. Louis Park School District. Further, the board is responsible for providing resources necessary to pursue its goals according to its policies; and monitor district performance to see that results are consistent with goals and policies.

Board members welcome your input. Email the entire School Board at schoolboard@slpschools.org. You can also call the school board message line with your questions or comments: 952-928-6040. The Board also holds Open Forum at each Business Meeting, which occur on the fourth Tuesday of every month. To participate in Open Forum, please complete this sign-up form by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting at which you would like to address the School Board.

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School Board Candidate Filing Period is August 2-16

(July 14, 2022) -- Two seats on the St. Louis Park Public Schools School Board will be up for election on November 8, 2022. One seat has a one-year term that will expire on December 31, 2023. A second seat has a three-year term that will expire on December 31, 2025. The two seats are currently held by board members Sarah Davis and Virginia Mancini, who were appointed by the School Board after the resignations of former board members Mary Tomback and Laura McClendon.

The candidate filing period to run for one of these two seats is August 2-16. A candidate must indicate at the time of filing if they intend to run for the one-year term or the three-year term.

To be eligible to run for a school board seat, a candidate must:

Be eligible to vote in Minnesota
Be at least 21 years old upon assuming office
Not be a candidate for another office in the upcoming election
Be a St. Louis Park resident for at least 30 days before the election

Candidates are required to fill out an Affidavit of Candidacy and pay a $2 filing fee. Candidates can file at the city clerk’s office, located at 5005 Minnetonka Blvd.

More Information

School Board Members

Anne Casey

C. Colin Cox

Sarah Davis

Abdihakim Ibrahim

Virginia Mancini

Ken Morrison

Heather Wilsey

Listening Sessions

All stakeholders are invited to attend St. Louis Park School Board Listening Sessions to ask questions and have a conversation with school board members. Up to three school board members will attend to listen to stakeholders. It is not an official meeting and no official action will be taken. Please be aware that the school board members will end the listening session 30 minutes after the posted start time if there are no stakeholders in attendance.

There are no listening sessions scheduled at this time.

School Board Meeting Dates

Please note: All meetings of the School Board will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room C350 at St. Louis Park High School unless otherwise noted. Meetings can be live streamed and viewed on-demand on the District's YouTube channel.

August 10, 2022 (Please note this meeting will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 10 due to the fact that Tuesday, Aug. 9 is primary election day)
September 13, 2022
September 27, 2022
October 11, 2022
October 25, 2022
November 9, 2022 (Please note this meeting will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 9 due to the fact that Tuesday, Nov. 8 is election day)
November 22, 2022
December 13, 2022
January 10, 2023
January 24, 2023
February 14, 2023
February 28, 2023
March 14, 2023
March 28, 2023
April 11, 2023
April 25, 2023
May 9, 2023
May 23, 2023
June 13, 2023
June 27, 2023

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Open Forum Guidelines

Open Forum Sign-Up Form

In the interest of open communications, the St. Louis Park School District wishes to provide an opportunity for the public to address the School Board. That opportunity is provided at School Board business meetings during Open Forum. Business meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of the month.

OPEN FORUM GUIDELINES

1. Complete the Open Forum Sign-Up form by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting at which you would like to address the School Board.

2. FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS ONLY: At the latest, you will receive the link to join the virtual meeting by 5:00 p.m. on the meeting date.

3. Anyone that has signed-up to speak during Open Forum will be acknowledged by the Board Chair. When called upon to speak, you will be unmuted. Please state your name, address and topic. All remarks shall be addressed to the Board as a whole, not to any specific member(s) or to any person who is not a member of the Board.

4. If there are a number of individuals present to speak on the same topic, please designate a spokesperson to summarize the issue.

5. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes. Longer time may be granted at the discretion of the Board Chair. If you have written comments, the Board would like to have a copy, which will help them better understand, investigate, and respond if necessary to your concern.

6. During Open Forum, the Board and Administration will listen to comments; they will likely not respond to your comments at this meeting. In the event your issue is not discussed immediately, your comments are important to us and will be taken into consideration. Board members or the Superintendent may ask questions of you in order to gain a thorough understanding of your concern, suggestion, or request.

7. Please be aware that disrespectful comments or comments of a personal nature directed at an individual either by name or inference, will not be allowed. Personnel concerns should be directed first to a principal, the assistant superintendent, the superintendent, and finally in writing to the Board. The Board reserves the right to mute individuals or remove them for the meeting for inappropriate behavior.