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Filed September 8, 2006 by Antonio French
PUB DEF is reporting this week from Washington D.C. where we are attending the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 36th Annual Legislative Conference. This afternoon, Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II hosted a session on “The…
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Filed June 21, 2006 by Antonio French · 15 archived comments
The St. Louis City Teachers' Union Committee on Political Education (COPE) has recommended that the union endorse State Rep. Amber Boykins for state senate.COPE also recommended former school board member Bill Haas be endorsed in…
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Filed April 27, 2006 by Peter Downs
by Tina Rutherford, Sarah Hyduke, Paige Kuske, and Heather RollA group of Washington University graduate social work students surveyed students from Vashon High School and the ninth grade center at Williams to establish whether or…
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Filed May 25, 2006 by Antonio French
As we reported yesterday, hundreds of teachers and staff at 13 city schools were given termination letters this week. They were offered the chance to reapply for their positions, but the president of the teachers'…
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Filed June 30, 2006 by Antonio French · 17 archived comments
Most Many of the employees of St. Louis Public Schools did not get paid today as scheduled. District spokesmen Johnny Little and Tony Sanders have not returned repeated calls, but sources in the district say…
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Filed June 6, 2006 by Antonio French
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…
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Filed June 7, 2006 by Antonio French · 20 archived comments
The vice-president of the teachers union asked the St. Louis Board of Education yesterday to put on next week's regular board meeting agenda a proposal to require employees who have opted not to join the…
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Filed June 12, 2006 by Antonio French
So how does a bill for $2 million get delivered to St. Louis Public Schools in December 2005, but not come to the attention of the superintendent or the chief financial officer until last Monday?"The…
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Filed May 11, 2006 by Antonio French
Deb Peterson and Steve Patterson are reporting that a documentary about Jeff Smith’s unsuccessful 2004 campaign for Congress has been selected as one of the docs at a Washington D.C. film festival. Smith narrowly lost…
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Filed January 21, 2006 by Peter Downs · 1 archived comment
by Peter DownsJanuary 18, 2006 -- An ambitious private plan to build a sports stadium to serve St. Louis Public Schools and St. Louis City residents has ground to halt.The Community Stadium Project, the nonprofit…
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