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Tom Appelbaum

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Tom Appelbaum, Candidate For Parkway School Board

Eight candidates are running for one of two spots on the Parkway School District Board of Education April 2.

Biographical Information • Name, Age, Address: Tom Appelbaum, 47, 12739 Cypressway Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146 • Occupation: Attorney • Education: Graduate of Parkway North, BS – Missouri State (Geology), MBA – MaryvilleUniversity, Law Degree – St. Louis University • Family (spouse/children and their schools): Wife – LaDonna. No children (just dogs). • Years lived in the Parkway School District: I have lived in the Parkway School District my whole life. Brief Background: Prior to law school, I worked as a geologist and with computers.  When I became an attorney, I decided to open organize a professional association of energy auditors and got legislation passed that will help make buildings more sustainable while increasing economic …

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Parkway School Board Election: Submit Your Questions for Candidates

Patch will send questionnaires to the eight candidates running in the April election for two seats on the Parkway Board of Education. What questions should we include?

Eight candidates have filed to run for two seats on the Parkway School District Board of Education in the Apri 2 election. As we approach the election, Patch will send each candidate a questionnaire to help empower voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they believe in. And we would like to include all of you in the process.  What questions do you have for the candidates? Do you have a question about an issue in a particular school? Or would you like to know the candidates' viewpoints on a more general question for the whole district?  Please share your questions in the comments section at the bottom of this article. We'll include as many as we can in our candidate questionnaire. We ask that you please ask questions that are on …

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12:26 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

Have you participated in partnerships with the Parkway Board members, and if so, in what regard; if not, in what ways would you, endeavor to solve the misdirection of Parkway funds intended for education, and financial problems? How would your presence on the School Board affect the Board directed segregation of white and non-white families? Shouldn't our school directors be COLOR BLIND as …   more ›

Monday, December 10, 2012

Two Positions Open on Parkway School Board, Filing Begins Tuesday

The terms of Tom Appelbaum and Sam Sciortino expire in April, 2013. Filing begins Tuesday for the April election.

The following information was provided by the Parkway School District in a news release. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) Two director positions are open on the Parkway Board of Education, each for a three-year term, in the April 2013 election.  Candidate filing begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, and continues through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.  Filing must be done in person at the Parkway Administrative Center, 455 N. Woods Mill Rd., Chesterfield, Mo 63017. Filing hours are from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  On the last day of filing, January 15, the hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  No filing will take place on December 25 or January 1, as district …

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

DNC: Breakfast Was A Bust, But Missouri Delegates Are Still Excited

Tom and LaDonna Appelbaum excited about the opportunities the convention provides.

The Missouri delegation had bacon and eggs served with a side of disappointment Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention. Due to increased security and some pretty intense checkpoints along the way to the hotel, the featured speaker Donna Brazile, Democratic National Committee vice chair, was unable to make make it to speak at the meeting. Instead, Democrats heard from state and local leaders. State Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan addressed the crowd, along with other mayors and members of the delegation. But in the crowd Tom and LaDonna Appelbaum of St. Louis listened intently. The first-time convention attendees are hoping to pick up as much information to take home to Missouri. Issues that the …

Donna C

11:27 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012

I tend to agree with David Caldwell.   more ›

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