2006

Take a look at St. Louis a half a century ago in this 9 minute promotional video from the old St. Louis Community Chest fund. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Video_Reports

by Another ParentIt is interesting that the district is closing down magnet rooms, if not entire schools, citing lack of enrollment. As a parent I received my brochure in the mail announcing the Dec. 6th…

At a meeting of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus yesterday in Jefferson City, legislators debated over whether current chairman, State Rep. John Bowman, should be allowed to keep the post during the upcoming session. According…

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…

The St. Louis School Board will be holding three meetings tonight. All three meetings will be at the Administration Building, 801 N. 11th Street. The Real Estate Committee meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m.…

The following letter from school board Vice President Bill Purdy was sent to the Post-Dispatch as a letter to the editor in response to an earlier editorial. The editors of the Post chose not to…

U.S. Senator Kit Bond today issued the following statement on the passing of former President Gerald Ford: “Gerald was a kind and decent man who led this nation in a difficult and divisive time. A…