A letter sent by Karen Collins-Adams on behalf of the St. Louis Board of Education to former Superintendent Millicent Borishade sheds some light on why she was fired without cause on Oct. 17.
Former board member Ben Conover shared photos of a letter addressed to Borishade with St. Louis Public Radio. Collins-Adams and board Vice President Emily Hubbard confirmed the letter’s authenticity.
“This communication is to document a growing concern among the members of the Board of Education regarding an increasing pattern of unauthorized communications from you over the last several months,” the letter states.
The letter did not notify Borishade that she was going to face any sort of disciplinary action or termination, but it did state that the board found the pattern of behavior to be “unacceptable” and that it would require “further Board discussion to determine next steps.”
A list of ‘prominent concerns’
The first listed “prominent concern” was a press release that went out on Sept. 24 in response to an audit from state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s office that Collins-Adams said contained an unapproved quote from her on behalf of the school board…