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Kairos Academies English teacher Melissa Bradshaw works with a student in January 2020. The charter school is one of the city s newest and has plans to grow from a middle school to offer grades kindergarten through 12.
St. Louis’ Board of Education passed a resolution Tuesday
calling for lawmakers to put the brakes on any new charter schools in the city, a day after St. Louis Public Schools announced a formal partnership with some charter schools.
The resolution technically asks for no openings of any public schools, not just charters, until a comprehensive strategy on public education in the city is created. It’s also symbolic. The city’s school board has no power to stop charter schools from opening or closing. That power rests solely with state lawmakers.
ST. LOUIS â A vote on closing 11 public schools including Sumner High has been pushed back a month after community outcry saying the process was rushed.
The extra time will allow district leaders to visit with community members and staff from each of the schools on the proposed closure list, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams said Tuesday after recommending postponing the vote to the School Boardâs Jan. 12 meeting.
The other schools Adams recommends should close by fall are Clay, Dunbar, Farragut, Ford, Hickey and Monroe elementary schools; Fanning Middle School; and Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC and Northwest high schools. Carnahan High would convert to a middle school over the next few years.