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09.30.2009 1:52 pm

Riverview Gardens schools seek superintendent. Singular.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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09.30.2009 11:57 am

Iakovidis resigns from Bayless School Board

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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09.09.2009 10:23 am

Mehlville board member kept kids home to listen to Obama speech

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.18.2009 2:33 pm

Is SLPS selling a new image? City-county school transfer applications down

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.16.2009 11:22 am

Ferguson-Florissant names Berkeley Middle School assistant principal

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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06.10.2009 2:17 pm

Ritenour names administrators at Wyland elementary, Ritenour High

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Denean Steward

Denean Steward

Alicia Collins

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…

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03.31.2009 4:22 pm

Riverview Gardens schools to cut $7.2 million in total

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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03.31.2009 12:28 pm

Riverview Gardens School District cuts 100 teachers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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03.25.2009 6:20 pm

Former Riverview Gardens superintendent Henry Williams barred from casinos

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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03.16.2009 10:51 am

Riverview former Superintendent Williams pays early

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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