2006

To the SLPS Board Members:I must start off by saying that I am very disappointed in the School Boards decision last night to make Diana Bourisaw the permanent Superintendent?Mrs. Veronica O'Brien, I emailed you this…

Starting this week, there are going to be three public meetings on St. Louis Public Schools' 2006-07 district budget. Officials say presentations are designed to provide parents and the general public with more information about…

This is how they celebrate Labor Day in St. Charles: take aim at the laborers. Following a similar move in Valley Park, St. Charles County Councilman Joe Brazil is preparing to introduce a bill tonight…

by Disgusted teachers who must remain anonymousThe word is out in many of the St. Louis Public Schools! "Make sure your closet is clean and ALL children's coats and book bags are hung on hooks".…

Is St. Louis poised to be the only American city with no control over its police force or its public schools? UPDATE: Click here to download the Special Advisory Committee’s report recommending state intervention in…

School board member Peter Downs made a motion at tonight’s administrative meeting to have the superintendent look at cancelling the district’s contract with controversial maintenance contractor Sodexho. By a vote of 4-2, the board voted…

Dr. Lynn Spampinato's tenure as chief academic officer of the St. Louis Public Schools ended six months ago, but the effects of some of her controversial decisions are still being uncovered.At a recent meeting of…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Two days before Election Day, then-U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill met with a small group of black elected officials representing an area of north St. Louis City and was asked to make…

Comedian and radio talk-show host Al Franken will be doing a live broadcast of his Air America radio show from the campus of Washington University next week. Franken, an outspoken liberal and a favorite target…