Richard Gaines and Kelvin Adams meet with Editorial Page Editor Gilbert Bailon and other Post-Dispatch staff. Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch

Kelvin Adams, the new superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, said he knows from experience that the closing of a school building…

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Mayor Francis Slay was in to see us yesterday, the first of the three candidates in the Democratic primary for Mayor to talk with us (Irene Smith is coming in this morning. Denise Watson Wesley Coleman is expected Wednesday morning.)

During…

Consultants have recommended that Mann Elementary School on Juniata Street be closed. Emily Rasinski | Post-Dispatch

The final bell may toll for 27 of St. Louis Public Schools’ 87 buildings, some immediately and others over the next several years. That’s the advice…

St. Louis Public Schools will receive a report early next year that could influence crucial aspects of the district’s operations for the next decade and beyond. It also is guaranteed to generate controversy.

At issue is a…

Students and teachers in more than half the public schools in St. Louis County and in Frances Howell, Zumwalt and Wentzville districts in St. Charles County will have a holiday on Election Day.

The closings are unprecedented. And unnecessary. Maybe even…