Is the state board’s plan enough to improve city schools?

By Lew Schucart

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATE:

Rick Sullivan, the chief executive officer of the St. Louis Public Schools, told the State Board of Education today that the exodus of students to charter schools is draining the district of revenue that could be used to turn around the troubled city school system.

In a story today, Sullivan explained that with the administrative board looking ways to find $30 million to balance the 2008-09 budget, the district’s finances — particularly the loss of resources to the charter schools — dominated Sullivan’s hour-long report to the state board.