A resident of East Saint Louis, Illinois, Dr. Ronald T. Ferrell has over two decades of experience as a senior educator, having held various positions in both public and private schools. For three years, Dr. Ronald T. Ferrell served as the assistant principal at St. Louis, Missouri-based Confluence Preparatory Academy.

Among his responsibilities, Dr. Ferrell served as the curriculum and instruction administrator. He helped secure a 100 percent teacher retention rate. Additionally, he helped improve EOC scores for grades 9-11 students by 25 percent in two years.

He later joined Elite Academy JA Middle School in the capacity of a principal. Besides ensuring the school's success by monitoring spending and budgetary matters, Dr. Ferrell also worked with high-risk students in grades 6-8, assisting them in technology, sciences, and social-emotional coping skills.

Between 2017-2021, he served as principal cum superintendent for Brooklyn Unit School District 188 and Venice Community Unit School District 3. Dr. Ferrell graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville with a BS in elementary education and an MS in education administration. he later joined Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, where he earned his Ed.D in education administration.

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