A police manhunt has led officials to lock down St. Philippine Duchesne Catholic School in Florissant, according to a statement just released by the archdiocese.
School officials said they normally keep outside doors locked during the day, but took the extra…
Every school in Missouri will soon be able to send parents instant updates about the H1N1 flu through an alert notification system, according to the Missouri School Boards’ Association.
MSBA Executive Director Carter Ward said he knows of no other similar…
Fourteen Missouri school districts, including St. Louis Public, Ferguson-Florissant and Wellston schools, will get more than $4 million total in stimulus grants for technology in the classroom and technology-based teaching.
Gov. Jay Nixon announced the grants today at St. Louis Public’s…
The Rossman School, an independent private elementary in Creve Coeur, recently named new board members. They start with the 2009-2010 school year. The new members are:
I recently got a copy of this letter, sent by a St. Louis Public School mother, Kerry Schuette, to the district’s CEO and board president, Rick Sullivan.
Her point is clear: People often blast the St. Louis Public Schools. But the…
Confluence Academy is moving its high school downtown.
Confluence Preparatory Academy used to share a building with one of the charter school network’s elementary schools. But it’s moving this summer into the former TWA Reservation Center, at 310 North 15th Street, across…
St. Louis Public’s marketing effort may be working, at least by one indicator.
It seems that fewer city students have applied to transfer to county schools for the 2009-10 school year.
And more county students have applied for transfers to city schools.
The…
Longtime Catholic education leader and volunteer Kevin Short has been elected president of the tuition-assistance nonprofit The Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation.
The foundation gives scholarships to parish school students from poor families throughout the region. Since its start 19 years…
The president of the board of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Academy announced tonight that the charter school will be allowed to exist for at least one more year.
The troubled academy’s sponsor, Missouri Baptist University, had told the school that the university would…
Looks like St. Louis Public Schools have, so far, no reported swine flu cases.
We’ll see if it stays that way long.
Still, the community is pitching in, hoping to help. Energizer gave 500,000 “pieces” (whatever that means) of antibacterial lotion to…
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