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SCHOOLS STRUGGLE WITH DWINDLING INTEREST

St. Louis Post Dispatch

by Jessica Bock

30 January 2012

Money in the bank used to generate a nice little piece of revenue for a school district — but that was before the recession.

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ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SPONSOR CHARTERS

ST. LOUIS • St. Louis schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams announced plans Thursday to sponsor two charter schools, reversing the district's resistance to a movement that has lured thousands of students away from its schools this past decade.

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ST. LOUIS FIREFIGHTERS SUE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER TRANSFERS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

by Elisa Crouch

25 January 2012

ST. LOUIS • Members of the St. Louis Fire Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against four school districts over their failure to allow students from unaccredited districts to attend better public schools without paying tuition.

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RETIRED TEACHERS PUSH FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT

St. Louis American

21 December 2011

by Rebecca Rivas

Retired union public schools teachers are asking for a raise. Retirees say they have not received an adjustment in their cost-of-living expenses (COLA) in five years. ..Read More

SLPS ACCREDITATION SINCE STATE APPOINTED BOARD

ST. LOUIS, MO, September 19, 2011 – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has released the final Annual Performance Report (APR) data for all public school districts in Missouri. The St. Louis Public School District received six (6) APR points towards accreditation.

read more: http://www.slps.org/1962105199415040/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=56476

SLPS NEAR ACCREDITATION

JEFFERSON CITY • St. Louis Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams showed data to the state's school board Tuesday that indicate the school system is just a handful of students away from receiving the academic points needed to regain accreditation.

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$96 Million to SLPS

The chief of St. Louis Public Schools on Monday ( Nov 21, 2011) announced moving one step closer to accreditation through a $96 million agreement that wipes out debt and will expand programs such as early childhood education.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/million-moves-st-louis-schools-closer-to-accreditation/article_a853b14c-1478-11e1-bd3b-001a4bcf6878.html#ixzz1k3Drb1ns

PRESSURE GROWS FOR ACTION ON SCHOOL TRANSFERS

Now that the state has stripped Kansas City Public Schools of accreditation, hundreds of parents are trying to transfer their children to better suburban districts only to find their requests denied.

Sound familiar?

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/pressure-grows-for-action-on-school-transfers/article_9e816e22-165b-524c-a9f7-cbadf1991cac.html#ixzz1k3DRntOB

IF TURNER COMES TRUE...

If parents in St. Louis could send their children tuition-free to any public school in St. Louis County, suburban schools would have an additional 13,500 students in their classrooms, a survey says.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/transfer-ruling-could-flood-st-louis-county-schools-study-says/article_cd98c969-88f3-5294-b12f-e29816d78996.html#ixzz1k3CBNpzv

High Standards for Charters

Charters Need to Do More than Not Fail

Suburbs of Kansas City Figure Out Role in Deaccreditation

Suburbs to run Kansas City Schools?

CHILE: STUDENTS RISING