2006

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…

In 2002, the SLPS were provisionally accredited. If it had not been for the impending end to the desegregation program within the district, the district would have been unaccredited at that time, but instead was…

Several Christian and conservative leaders will meet in St. Louis this weekend to hold a rally against Amendement 2, the Stem Cell ballot initiative. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Alan Keyes, Rick Scarborough, and Star Parker…

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…

Last night at the school board meeting, the board was presented an updated general operating budget for the current school year to adjust to actual expenditures the budget that was proposed by the Creg Williams'…

A report by the blog ePluribus Media outlines over $30,000 in campaign contributions from executives and political action committees related to UniGroup, Inc., a Fenton-based firm that owns some of the nation’s largest moving companies…

The following is by Nick Clement from the most recent SLS Watch e-newsletter:At the St. Louis School Board administrative meeting Tuesday night, Bob Archibald and Ron Jackson objected to Diana Bourisaw's plans to make a…

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…

The very popular Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) will be in St. Louis again this weekend to support fellow Democrat Claire McCaskill in her very tight campaign against incumbent Sen. Jim Talent.There will be a public…