Photo by David Carson, [email protected] Rockwood School District - Board of Education. Eureka police officers monitor the Rockwood School Board meeting as commenters address the board in Eureka on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The Rockwood Area School District Website serves as a resource to the community and beyond, in order to provide current information about our schools, access to staff, and opportunities to deliver interactive services twenty-four hours a day, seven days of the week. When district leaders decided to start the school year online, the Facebook group Concerned Parents of the Rockwood School District became known for organizing protests at School Board meetings. During the meeting the board decided that Rockwood would proceed with a all-virtual start to the 2020-2021 school year. Sophia Scheller. The Rockwood Area School District Website serves as a resource to the community and beyond, in order to provide current information about our schools, access to staff, and opportunities to deliver interactive services twenty-four hours a day, seven days of the week. Current Rockwood Superintendent Mark Miles begins the school board meeting on Aug. 6, 2020. The board made a statement in support of the teachers and also pleaded with the Rockwood community to stop spreading hate and shame. This is the official account for the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, Missouri. 111 East North Street | Eureka, MO 63025 | Phone: 636-733-2000 He's leaving after this school … The uproar in Rockwood started with a debate over virtual learning during the pandemic and has moved to a focus on the district’s curriculum and reading lists. Mark Miles, superintendent of the Rockwood School District, speaks during an assembly at Eureka Elementary School in 2019, his first semester in the job. According to KSDK , parents booed when one mother named Kelly O’Brien cited a survey which found that Black students do not feel comfortable attending Rockwood schools. A total of five uniformed officers were in the room during the meeting. Protests became commonplace at School Board meetings, and fiery debates erupted among parents on social media. Teachers at the Rockwood School District got a message from the administration telling them that parents have been calling and sending … At a Rockwood School District meeting in Eureka on Friday, angry white parents called for critical race theory to be banned even though it is not part of the current curriculum.