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Nov. 19, 2018Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Mo State Board of Education in search of new commissioner

The State Board of Education is set to pick
Missouri's next top K-12 education official.
The board interviewed the top four
candidates for education commissioner on Monday.

Board President Charlie Shields says an announcement of the
board's pick might not come until later this week.

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens wanted the last education commissioner,
Margie Vandeven, to be replaced. He stacked the state board with his appointees,
who then moved to fire Vandeven last year despite pushback from some lawmakers
and educators.

But new Governor Mike Parson has since replaced those appointees. The board
restarted the search for Vandeven's replacement in September.

The interim commissioner is Roger Dorson.