By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, December 9 at 5:39 AM
Peter Downs, publisher of St. Louis Schools Watch and a parent of SLPS students, will be announcing his candidacy for a seat on the St. Louis School Board on Saturday, Dec. 10.
Downs' supporters hope the third time's the charm for Peter. In April, he fell just 600 votes shy of winning a seat on the board. Downs would have been the only member of the board with children attending school in the district. He also ran in 2003.
Downs and his supporters will hold a press conference at the old Waring School site on Compton and Laclede at 10:00 a.m.
Also announcing his candidacy is past school board member and perennial mayoral candidate Bill Haas. Haas is planning to formally announce his intentions to return to the board on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. outside the St. Louis Board of Elections office on Tucker, then again later that evening at 6 p.m. before the regular school board meeting at Carr Lane School.
During his last campaign for mayor, Haas publicly announced his struggle with depression and thoughts of suicide. Click here to download that story as a PDF.
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