Clayton Board of Education — April 15: a new board takes office, days after Prop O passes
Eight days after voters approved the $135 million Prop O bond, the newly elected board was sworn in and elected Jason Growe president, Chris Win vice president, and Pamela Lyss-Lerman secretary.
What happened
The School District of Clayton Board of Education met on April 15 for its annual reorganization — the meeting where election results are received, new members are sworn in, and the board picks its officers. It elected Jason Growe as president, re-adopted its conflict-of-interest policy, and adjourned in under 40 minutes. It came eight days after the April 7 election, at which voters approved the district's Prop O facilities bond.
What the board decided
With Superintendent Nisha Patel serving as temporary chair, the board elected its officers for the year:
Mr. Jason Growe was nominated as President. There were no other nominations. The votes were all aye.— April 15, 2026 — Meeting Minutes [#qd3c7bc18]
The board then elected Ms. Chris Win as vice president and Dr. Pamela Lyss-Lerman as secretary.
- The board re-approved Policy BBFA on board-member conflict of interest, which Missouri law requires public bodies to re-adopt every other year and file with the state Ethics Commission.
- The board approved its consent agenda.
Also at the meeting
- Board Secretary Chris Win announced the unofficial results of the April 7 election, after which the outgoing board adjourned "sine die" and the newly elected members took their oaths of office. The seven-member board now includes new members Dr. Erin Linnenbringer and Ms. Meade Greenberg.
- With little to decide, the evening was mostly ceremony. The officer nominations came with tributes — a colleague praised Chris Win's advocacy on special-district services, curriculum, and social-emotional learning — and the board thanked its departing leadership.
- In his first remarks as president, Jason Growe pointed to the board's governance work with the Missouri School Boards Association and a goal of strengthening its institutional practices.
- President Jason Growe gave a board president update.
- In committee reports, Ms. Chris Win covered the SEL/Wellness Committee, and Dr. Pamela Lyss-Lerman reported from the Equity Committee and the Clayton Education Foundation.
- The meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m..
In context: a bond approved, a week earlier
The new board takes office having just inherited the largest project in the district in years. On April 7, voters approved Proposition O — the $135 million facilities bond the previous board placed on the ballot in January. In its announcement, the district reported the result:
overwhelmingly approved Proposition O with 89.24% support— Voters Approve Proposition O for School Facility Improvements [#q9ca6b8c1]
The same election elected three members to three-year terms on the board, the seats whose filing had closed back in December. So this reorganization seats a board that will carry out a facilities program voters approved only a week before — and one speaker at the meeting called the roughly 90% result a historic victory.
Public comments
Clayton resident Nathan Mai-Lombardo addressed the board to introduce himself and his intent to run for State Senate in District 99. In his remarks he congratulated the new members and praised the community's support for Proposition O.