SPS legislative platform: More local control, no changes to board set-up
SPS legislative platform: More local control, no changes to board set-up Claudette Riley, Springfield News-Leader © Springfield Public Schools The Springfield school board includes, front from left, Denise Fredrick, Bruce Renner and Shurita Thomas-Tate. The back, from left, include Charles Taylor, Jill Patterson, Alina Lehnert and Gerry Lee. The Springfield school board wants its elections to remain in April, despite a legislative proposal to move them to November. The seven-member governing body supports allowing voters to approve bond issues by simple majority. The panel ...