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04.17.2009 10:52 am

St. Louis Public spells out plan to sell old school buildings

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Want to buy a St. Louis Public School building? Not so fast.

The St. Louis Public Schools just spelled out considerations before it will sell old school buildings to charters.

The board voted unanimously last night in closed session to lift deed…

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04.17.2009 10:30 am

St. Louis Public School Board lifts deed restrictions on charter schools

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Charter schools will now — at least in theory — be able to buy shuttered St. Louis Public School buildings.

The St. Louis Public School Board voted last night to lift the deed restriction that barred charter groups from buying the…

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03.09.2009 3:30 pm

Missouri charter school association names new director

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Kansas City charter school leader will run the state’s charter school association.

The Missouri Charter Public School Association has named Cheri Shannon as its incoming executive director. Shannon is currently the superintendent of University Academy in Kansas City.

She begins work…

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02.13.2009 12:57 pm

$14 billion for school construction? $25 million for charters?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Update on the school sections of the stimulus package, sent this morning from the Missouri Charter Public School Association:

This week the Senate passed the proposed economic stimulus package from President Obama. This act included additional monies for schools, but not…

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02.12.2009 7:16 am

School building seeks charter school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Vernon Holliday hopes to find a buyer -- maybe a charter school -- for the school building he owns at 6942 Lansdowne Street. Vernon Holliday bought an old church school on Lansdowne Avenue a while back.

He was hoping it would sell sooner.

“It was a nice building, in a nice area,” Holliday said.

So when he saw the story in yesterday’s paper about St. Louis Public…

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