Francis Howell School Board member Randy Cook, left, listens during the public comment portion of the school board meeting Thursday, July 20, 2023 in O'Fallon, Mo. At right is school board member Mark Ponder. In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb and urged the mostly-white Francis Howell School District to address racial discrimination. The school board responded with a resolution promising to do better. Now, led by new conservative board members elected since last year, that resolution has been revoked.(David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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