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Eric Scroggins returned to St. Louis after a 14-year career with Teach For America to found the Opportunity Trust. In its first three years, it s garnered lots of skeptics.
The Opportunity Trust has been involved in St. Louis’ fractured public education scene for about three years. In that time, its deep coffers and controversial priorities have stirred deep distrust and claims of a hidden agenda, especially from passionate supporters of traditional school districts.
The teachers union in St. Louis says the organization s founder, Eric Scroggins, is
entwined with billionaires bent on privatizing public education. Former school board members similarly say the Opportunity Trust has brought an outside agenda to local education. And community activists claim it’s just an arm of a national movement to dismantle urban school districts.
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Mike Jones is one of two new members who will join an expanded state-appointed board overseeing Normandy s school district. He previously served on the state school board.
The Normandy school district’s state-appointed governing board gained two more members Thursday as the state school board tried to appease concerns in the community over the struggling district’s leadership.
In a brief special meeting of the Missouri State Board of Education, board members approved expanding Normandy’s governing board, known formally as the Joint-Executive Governing Board, from five members to seven.
Mike Jones, a former state board member, will soon join Normandy’s board along with William Humphrey, who served on Normandy’s school board as an elected member before the state takeover.
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