(MSNBC) A group of school superintendents is bracing for a grand jury’s decision on whether or not to charge a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr. by asking the county prosecutor to hold off on releasing a decision until after school hours.
In a letter to St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, the group asked that McCulloch’s office agree to announce a decision after 5 p.m. on weekdays or on the weekend, “with our preference of the announcement from the grand jury occurring on a Sunday, which is a non-attendance day for students.” The prosecutor’s office has said it expects a decision from the grand jury in mid-November.
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The letter is dated Oct. 22 and was sent by Dr. Scott Spurgeon, superintendent of the Riverview Gardens Schools District, and signed by superintendents from six other local public school districts.
