St. Louis schools chief must reapply for her job

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The superintendent of schools in St. Louis must reapply for her job.

STLtoday.com, the Web site for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports today that the special administrative board overseeing the district isn't saying members are unhappy with superintendent Diana Bourisaw.

But Chief Executive Officer Rick Sullivan says the public was not involved in the process, and the special board did not select Bourisaw. She was already in place when the state took control of the long-troubled district last June.

Bourisaw has been on the job for 19 months.

Sullivan says an independent search for a superintendent is part of the process to put the district back on the right track. He says he hopes Bourisaw applies. No word yet on whether she will.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com