2006

EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED... WILLIAMS FORCED OUT AS SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD HIRES BOURISAW IN CLOSED MEETING By Antonio D. French School Board President Veronica O'Brien has called a special emergency board meeting for 6:30 tonight. No word…

Bill Bryan of the Post-Dispatch is reporting that a 17-year-old male Beaumont High School student was reported to be in stable condition at a hospital after he was shot in the stomach this morning during…

By Susan Turk and Peter DownsFebruary 6, 2006 -- A group of parents gathered at Washington Montessorion Friday morning to express their continueddissatisfaction with the school. Parent DelisaTaylor, who has had children in the Montessori…

Former Superintendent Creg Williams told Channel 4 reporter Anne Steffens that he resigned today after talking to his family and close friends. He said he was not fired or forced out as has been reported.…

A letter from Peter Downs, school board member and founder of The St. Louis Schools Watch:As one of the seven school board members, who must vote on the disposition of the ROTC program currently at…

It’s Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, and St. Louis Public Schools students will exercise their right to vote in a mock election. Students will be casting their ballots for candidates in key state and…

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…

Click here to download this week's print(able) edition of PUB DEF Weekly. Copy, Print, Share.As always, feel free to print out as many as you like and share them with friends, neighbors and co-workers.And for…

St. Louis natives and Hollywood players Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone will be speaking tonight at the Webster University School of Business and Technology. As part of the University’s “Success to Significance” speaker series,…

The State Board of Education is meeting tomorrow in Jefferson City for a regularly scheduled meeting. The State Board and Commissioner of Education D. Kent King will discuss the situation in the St. Louis Public…