Janet Y Jackson: Sumner High School isn t just a building It s St Louis history
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St Louis Public Schools votes to pause on closing Sumner High and other schools
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St. Louis Public Schools Board member Donna Jones on Monday walks to Clyde C. Miller Academy ahead of the closed/virtual board meeting to read over her notes and pray before the board was to vote on whether to keep the high school open or close it. Photo by Lawrence Bryant
The St. Louis Public Schools Board Tuesday night postponed a vote Tuesday night on whether to close 11 schools next year. The Board followed the recommendation of Superintendent Kelvin Adamsâ recommendation to wait 30 days for additional feedback and brainstorming.
The Board met at Clyde C. Miller Academy, where members voted 6-1 to move the vote about closures to their Jan. 12 meeting. Board President Dorothy Rhode-Collins, was the sole vote against postponement. The public was able to watch the meeting on YouTube, as is the practice during the coronavirus pandemic.
Arts and culture leaders pen letter in support of sparing Sumner High School from closure
The St. Louis board of education will vote Tuesday on a proposal to close 10 schools, including Sumner, the first African-American high school west of the Mississippi.
Sumner High School, ca. 1908
On Tuesday, members of the St. Louis board of education will vote on a proposal to close 10 schools within the school district. On December 1, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams recommended a consolidation plan that would close the following: Clay, Dunbar, Farragut, Ford, Hickey, and Monroe elementary schools; Fanning Middle School; and Cleveland, Northwest, and Sumner high schools. Enrollment numbers, the conditions of school buildings, and neighborhood population were factors in recommending the schools closing. A group of arts leaders, however, have signed a letter expressing support for keeping Sumner High School, the first African-American high school west o