(Updated 2:51 p.m.)
JEFFERSON CITY — Andrea Terhune, president of the joint executive governing board for the Normandy schools, has resigned for personal reasons from the board effective July 6, announced Missouri's commissioner of education. Margie Vandeven made the announcement during a discussion at a meeting of the state board of education about the progress the Normandy Schools Collaborative has made in the past year.
Terhune became president of the board earlier this year when Charles Pearson, who had been president, became interim superintendent in Normandy. He has since been named to the job permanently.
Later Tuesday, the state board unanimously approved the nomination of the Rev. Cedric Portis to fill Pearson's slot on the governing board. Vandeven said Portis is a 1987 graduate of Normandy High School who then went to the University of Missouri at Rolla and became an engineer before becoming a minister.
He is now senior pastor at Third Presbyterian Church in north St. Louis County.
Vandeven said Portis had expressed a hope he could help Normandy students have the same opportunities he has had.
Vandeven will now be searching for someone to replace Terhune. In the meantime, board Vice President Richard Ryffel will lead the board, Vandeven said.
