ST. LOUIS (AP) — The founder of a defunct St. Louis charter school has been sentenced to 366 days in prison and ordered to repay $2.4 million in state money he obtained by inflating student attendance numbers. Michael Malone, 44, was sentenced Friday for two counts of wire fraud for reporting incorrect attendance figures for…
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Board of Education has postponed a vote to close 11 public schools to January 12. St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Dr. Kelvin Adams had been advocating for the board to postpone the vote so he and other district leaders can spend time getting input from the community. The proposed plan…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An effort is underway seeking 500 men interested in volunteering to stand watch at area bus stops for the first week of class. A Better Family Life, The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and St. Louis Public Schools are organizing an initiative called “neighborhood net” in an effort to improve safety…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Missouri high schools and universities are working to ensure students’ college plans remain on course. An estimated 200,000 students nationally experience “summer melt,” a term that means they’re derailed before even arriving to college, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported . Low-income and first-generation students disproportionately experience summer melt, according to University of…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) One of St. Louis’ magnet schools … the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience is the grand prize winner of a hackathon sponsored by St. Louis-based World Wide Technology. The school beat out 19 other area schools in the hackathon, in which students were tested on their knowledge of computer systems and technologies.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Public Schools is making the grade. On Tuesday morning, the Missouri State Board of Education voted unanimously to grant full accreditation to the district. This was followed by a late afternoon news conference by school and city leaders at the SLPS Administrative Offices Building. During a news conference, Superintendent Dr.…
The State Board of Education has voted unanimously to classify St. Louis Public Schools as fully accredited, effective immediately. According to the department, staff outlined the district’s student growth in academics as well as stability in leadership and finances. “This is an opportunity to celebrate really great things in the district,” State Board President Charlie…
(KTRS) – St. Louis Public Schools could receive full accreditation next week. Members of the Missouri Board of Education recommended the change for the district based on test scores and stability. The Post-Dispatch reports that the full board will meet next week to vote on district’s status. St. Louis is one of ten districts in the…
The district is provisionally accredited
