of the St. Louis Public Schools is Kelvin Adams, who was selected by the Special Administrative Board in 2008. The St. Louis City Board of Education, despite lack of governance, still holds regular elections, with the eventual return of local control in mind. The current seven member elected board consists of Donna Jones, Bill Haas, Katie Wessling, Susan Jones, Charli Cooksey, Dorothy Rohde Collins, and Natalie Vowell. Special Administrative Board members Rick Sullivan Darnetta Clinkscale Richard Gaines Superintendents George K. Budd (1839) Vacant (1840) Henry Pearson (1841–1842) Vacant (1843–1847) Edward M. Avery (1848–1849) Spencer Smith (1850–1851) John H. Tice (interim) (1851–1852) A. Litton (1852–1853) Charles A. Putnam (1853) John H. Tice (1854–1857) Ira Divoll (1857–1868) William Torrey Harris (1867–1880) Edward H. Long (1880–1895) Frank Louis Soldan (1895–1908) Ben Blewett (1908–1917) Carl G. Rathman (interim) (1917) John W. Withers (1917–1921) John J. Maddox (1921–1929) Henry J. Gerling (1929–1940) George L. Hawkins (interim) (1940) Homer W. Anderson (1940–1942) Philip J. Hickey (1942–1963) William Kottmeyer (1963–1970) Clyde Miller (interim) (1970–1971) Ernest Jones (interim) (1971–1972) Clyde Miller (1972–1974) Ernest Jones (interim) (1975) Robert Wentz (1975–1982) Ronald Stodghill (interim) (1982–1983) Jerome Jones (1983–1990) David J. Mahan (1990–1996) Cleveland Hammonds (1996–2003) Bill Roberti (2003–2004) Floyd Crues (2004) Pamela Randall-Hughes (2005) Creg Williams (2005–2006) Diana Bourisaw (2006–2008) John Wright (interim) (2008) Kelvin Adams (2008–present) Schools Photo gallery See also School gardens and youth education References External links St. Louis Public Schools Employees at Black St. Louis Public Schools, 1925-1955 Annual Reports School districts in Missouri Education in St. Louis School districts established in 1838 1838 establishments in Missouri