From the PubDef archive — published May 31, 2007, restored 2026. Links and embedded media may point to archived copies.
Bourisaw: “We Deserve Accreditation”
Filed Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 12:00 PM
St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Diana Bourisaw has fired back at the State Board of Education that earlier this year voted to strip the district of accreditation on June 15.
In a 22-page document entitled “The Determination that the St. Louis Public Schools is Unaccredited is Unlawful, Arbitrary, and Capricious”, Bourisaw argues that:
- The district has met and continues to meet sufficient performance standards to be provisionally accredited.
- The standards applied to SLPS by the State Board have not been applied and are not applied to other similarly situated school districts in Missouri.
- The action taken by the State Board is unconstitutional.
It remains to be seen what effect Bourisaw’s document — or this week’s Supreme Court ruling allowing teachers to strike — will have on the State Board’s decision to take over SLPS.
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