Category: Campaign logistics

You can click the links below to download “Vote Marston” graphics optimally sized for all of your favorite social media platforms, and even some you don’t like.

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Please consider posting the graphic with a sentence or two about why you’re voting for me. You might also want to include my campaign hashtag (#marstonforschoolboard) and/or a link to my campaign website (https://brianhmarston.com). Ready to form Voltron!

If you’re available to greet voters at a polling place, email me with a date, time, and location you can cover.

My election watch party on April 8th will be from 7 to 10 pm at St. Louis Skatium (120 E Catalan St / 63111). G.Wiz and Trackstar the DJ will be on the turntables. Free admission and roller skate rental.

Early voting starts tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25) at the St. Louis City Election Board and the following libraries: Buder, Carpenter, Divoll, Kingshighway, Schlafly, and Walnut Park. I’m listed second on the ballot.

Here’s a sneak peek at my responses for the League of Women Voters and St. Louis Post-Dispatch Voters Guide.

Age

51

Highest post-secondary education

BES, University of Missouri-Columbia, educational technology
BS, University of Missouri-Columbia, mathematics 
AB, University of Missouri-Columbia, philosophy 
minor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Spanish

Occupation

Web developer

What are your top three priorities for the district? (375-character limit)

I’ll work with the six other board members and superintendent to foster community trust and engagement through proactive communication and transparent, ethical governance; plan for long-term financial sustainability by making wise and equitable use of taxpayer money; and support our teachers and parents in the shared quest to help all students achieve their full potential.

(I’m inordinately happy that this answer is exactly 375 characters long.)

Share any experience in education or within the district. (375-character limit)

I’ve been an SLPS parent since 2012. I’m the only candidate who has kids enrolled in the district. I have an education degree. I was the director of North St. Louis YouthBuild, a construction training and GED program in the Hyde Park Neighborhood. Before becoming a parent, I volunteered at Mann Elementary in south city and Bryan Hill Elementary in north city.

I just filed my 40 Day Before Election Report with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

As of February 22

Total monetary contributions received	$4,241.00
Total monetary disbursements made	$3,151.77
Cash on hand	$1,089.23

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Website page views	3,232
Website users	1,555

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Yard signs planted	~200
Yard signs in my living room	~300

The next Missouri Ethics Commission report is due March 31.

#transparency

Between December 16 and January 31, this site received 2,608 page views from 1,245 users.

I’ve got about 100 signs in people’s yards and about 400 in my living room.

I’ve received a total of $3,496 in monetary campaign contributions.

#transparency

I attended the school board meeting on January 14 at Yeatman Middle School. The meeting made headlines for other reasons (fast forward the YouTube video to 2:33), but this large assemblage of principals has a lot to be proud of.

On January 15, I was in the basement of Oak Hill Presbyterian Church for a Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association meeting and captured this snapshot of peak retail politics in River City: Mayor Tishaura Jones at the mic, opposite Alderwoman Daniela Velázquez who recently introduced a city charter amendment that would shift the mayor’s authority to a non-elected city administrator, with TGSNA board member Dan Pearson in the middle, making a friendship bracelet.

Of the 12 school board candidates, I was the only one to file a January Quarterly Report with the Missouri Ethics Commission. It was due on January 15. I’m committed to transparency, ethics, and accurate accounting.

On January 15 and 16, I stopped by Commerce Bank on South Grand for what have become regular visits with Joey Reyes and Dave Barber. They put the “personal” in “personal banker.” They’ve been trying to get online banking set up on my candidate committee account since December 13. We’re going to crack the code eventually.

I’ve got 500 two-sided, three-color yard signs to move from my living room to in front of your city home or business. Pick one up this Saturday, January 18, between 3 and 5 at Steve’s Hot Dogs (3145 South Grand Blvd / 63118). If Saturday doesn’t work for you, get in touch, and we can make other arrangements.

Help spread the word by taking a picture of you with your sign and posting it on social media with the hashtag #marstonforschoolboard.

Thanks again to Ken Zarecki for the design. They were silkscreen printed by union sign shop O.R. Pechman.

I have 1,000 campaign business cards in hand from union printer The Ink Spot. They were designed by the one, Z only, Ken Zarecki. Let me know if you’d like some to pass out to city voters.

My list of individual endorsements is coming along. I’m grateful to be backed by such a stellar crew.

To help aggregate posts about my campaign and elevate their visibility on social media, use the hashtag #marstonforschoolboard.

• Open checking account
• Register candidate committee (Brian H. Marston for School Board) with Missouri Ethics Commission
• Create volunteer form and ActBlue contribution form

I filed to run for a position on the St. Louis City Board of Education today. The election is Tuesday, April 8, 2025. City voters will be choosing three candidates for four-year terms on the seven-person board. I’ll be listed second on the ballot.