OZARK, MO — The Ozark R-6 School Board is dodging voters, hiding under the skirts of School Attorney Celynda L. Brasher, a big school muckety muck from a big snooty wooty lawfirm in St. Louie. Click here for more.
Word is that Ms. Brasher is cool with the school sidestepping voters in the upcoming April election. If you vote in the Ozark School District, you may want to get a little hot under the collar and be ready to open up a can of you-know-what.
Me? I’m a voice of reason, crying foul from the woods of rural Christian County:
Hear ye, hear ye, Ozark school district patrons! Let it be known far and wide that your school board is being coached by its High and Mighty St. Louis Attorney to usurp the rights of voters in April!
Here’s the skinny on the sneaky operation!
(Johnny Rooster, CCT publisher, in a whisper voice.)“Psst. Hey, you. Ozark school district patron. Yeah, you.”(Motions urgently with right hand to ‘come hither.”)
“There’s two openings on the school board in April, but there’s SUPPOSED to be three. That’s because Guy Callaway moved to Florida and left a vacancy. He moved back in November, but he waited until AFTER the school board candidate filing date of December 10 to formally announce his resignation. He wasn’t even at the December 19 school board meeting when the board approved his official resignation.”
So, what does that mean, voters and taxpayers?
According to Her Highness School Attorney from St. Louie, the board can appoint someone to fill the gap (as they should) but that substitute can hold the position until April of 2026, a FULL YEAR AFTER the upcoming school board election in April 2025. THEY ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO FILL THE VACANCY UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION IN APRIL 2025.
Yep, they hope to sneak in a free year of power on the board WITHOUT voter approval! Danged Politicians! Low Life Hooligans!
Are y’all gonna let ’em get away with that crap?
Good Guy State Representative Jamie Ray Gragg was at the December 19 school board meeting to publicly object. But, they went through with the recommendation from the school attorney anyway, they did, they did!
The Christian County Trumpet, this here voice for the people, cries FOUL!
Citizens of the Ozark School District, don’t let them get away with this! You have the right to vote in April for THREE open positions, not two!
Let your voices be heard in writing. Email School Board President Mark Jenkins at MarkJenkins@OzarkTigers.org.
Look up the other board members by name on the OzarkTigers.org website or read the caption under the group photo above. It’s FIRSTLASTNAME @OzarkTigers.org. Mark Jenkins and Sarah Adams Orr are up for re-election.
Write something like this: As a patron of the Ozark R-6 School District, I strongly object to the board appointing a temporary replacement for the duration of Guy Calloway’s term through April 2026. Let us voters decide that in April 2025 as we should. Mr. Calloway vacated the position prior to December 10 and knew of his plans to move out of the district before that date. It is therefore the right of voters in the district to decide how fill that position as well as two other positions in April 2025.
Merry Christmas, Ozark!
Johnny Rooster is publisher of the Christian County Trumpet since August 2022. Power hungry politicians in Christian County have been uncomfortable ever since.
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