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School District of University City

School district in Missouri, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ18157822 ↗
Source-derived summary

The School District of University City is a school district headquartered in University City, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. The school district is overseen by Superintendent Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley.

The district includes all of University City and small portions of Overland, Vinita Park and Wellston.

Administration

Superintendent

The Superintendent of the School District of University City is Sharonica Hardin-Bartley. Prior to her appointment as superintendent in July 2016, she was the assistant superintendent for human resources and leadership development for the Ritenour School District, as well as the chief human resources officer for St. Louis Public Schools.

Board of education

There are 7 members of the Board of Education and one student representative:

Matt Bellows, President

Lisa Brenner, Vice President

Laverne Ford-Williams, Secretary

George Lenard

Traci Moore

Joanne Soudah

Monica Stewart

Michael Simmons, Student Representative

Schools

There are 7 schools that are a part of the School District of University City.

Elementary Schools

Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center (Pre-K)

Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School (K-5)

Flynn Park Elementary School (K-5)

Jackson Park Elementary School (K-5)

Pershing Elementary School (K-5)

Secondary Schools

Brittany Woods Middle School (6-8)

University City High School

Students with disabilities are referred to the Special School District of St.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “School District of University City” is school district in Missouri, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through School, District and University, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, School, District and University is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “school district in Missouri, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18157822. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “School District of University City”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow School District of University City primary sources, School District of University City archive and School research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “School District of University City”?
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  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “School District of University City” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.