2006

Below are answers from school district administrators to questions from St. Louis Board of Education member Peter Downs regarding items on the administration's consent agenda for April 18, 2006.Textbook items: (Numbers 4, 5, 11, 12,…

The Saint Louis Board of Education will meet tonight, June 13, at Carr Lane VPA Middle School, 1004 N. Jefferson Ave.A closed executive session will begin at 5:00 p.m. The open meeting will be held…

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…

St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay recently suggested Republican Sen. Jim Talent may be doing a better job than his Democratic challenger, Claire McCaskill, of addressing African-American campaign issues.From a story in Sunday's U.S. News &…

BREAKING NEWS Pub Def has learned that a bomb threat resulted in at least one downtown courthouse being evacuated this morning. We are told police received the threat by telephone and evacuated the City Courts…

The School Board will meet tonight at Carr Lane VPA Middle School, 1004 N. Jefferson Avenue. Among the agenda items are a presentation to the "Teachers of the Year" and a vote on a resolution…

Endorsements for Peter DownsMaida Coleman, Missouri State Senator 5th DistrictRita Heard Days, Missouri State Senator 14th DistrictAmber Boykins, State Representative 60th DistrictJuanita Head Walton, State Representative 81st DistrictRobin Wright Jones, State Representative 63rd DistrictEster Haywood,…

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…

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…