In 2007, the Riverview Gardens School Board, reeling from multiple misspending scandals, dumped wayward chief Henry Williams, and put two top administrators in his place.

Those superintendents, Rhonda Key and Natalie Thomas, have led the district for two-and-a-half years, garnering both…

The Bayless School Board accepted the resignation of board member Gretchen Iakovidis at a special meeting last week.

Iakovidis resigned because she is moving out of the district, according to a district release.

Her resignation was effective immediately following the Thursday vote.

Iakovidis…

Just one more note on Obama’s message to U.S. schoolchildren, delivered yesterday.

Karl Frank, a board member at the Mehlville School District in south St. Louis County, decided to keep his kids home from school yesterday to watch the speech, as…

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…

The Ferguson-Florissant School District named Demetrius Adams as assistant principal of Berkeley Middle School.

Here is the rest of the district’s press release:

Adams has experience as a middle school language arts teacher in the Lindbergh School District and as an elementary…

Denean Steward

Alicia Collins

The Ritenour School District announced two new assistant principals. Denean Steward will start this summer at Wyland Elementary School and Alicia Collins at Ritenour High School.

Steward was an instructional coach in the University City School District for the…

Riverview Gardens School District will cut $7.2 million in total out of next year’s budget, including 121 jobs, the district just said.

More than $6 million will come from the job cuts, the district said, and another $1 million will come…

As part of a $1 million cut to next year’s budget, the Riverview Gardens School Board announced today plans to eliminate 121 staff positions — including nearly 100 teachers — before school starts this fall.

The decision is in direct response…

Henry P. Williams won’t be gambling in Missouri again anytime soon. At least not legally.

The Missouri Gaming Commission voted today to bar the former Riverview Gardens School District superintendent from any casino floor.

“He’s been convicted of I don’t know how…

Henry Williams, former superintendent at Riverview Gardens School District, has made his restitution payment, and early this month.

Williams was convicted of funnelling district money into his personal life insurance accounts, and, as part of his sentence, ordered to pay back…