Kairos Academies

Education

More Staff, Shorter Days Help Kairos Charter School Find Rhythm In Its First Year

Ryan Delaney

Running a new school is not all that different from any other startup business. There are surprises, pivots and changes.Kairos Academies, an independent…

Students work in the library of Kairos Academies, a charter middle school with a non-traditional learning model that opening in St. Louis. Aug. 15, 2019.

Education

First Week For New St. Louis Charter School Is A ‘Roller Coaster’ Of Surprises, Nerves

Ryan Delaney

Gavin Schiffres pulls caffeinated hard candy wrappers out of the pocket of his dress slacks, admitting he’s only been sleeping a few hours a night. It’s…

Education

4 Charter Schools Opening In August; 1 Closing

Ryan Delaney

Three charter schools are enrolling students this summer before opening their doors for the first time in August.Two schools will be run by longtime…

Students walk down a hallway of Lift for Life Academy, which includes an old bank vault door Life Academy. The charter school opened in the former Manufacturer's Bank and Trust Company building in Kosciusko in 2000.

Education

Finding a suitable schoolhouse in St. Louis can be 'the real snag for charter schools'

Ryan Delaney

When St. Elizabeth Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school closed in 2013, some of the alumnae and former staff wanted to keep the educational…

Jack Krewson hugs Gavin Schiffres after the two won sponsorship to open a charter school in St. Louis' Dutchtown neighborhood Wednesday, July 11, 2018.

Education

Kairos Academies wins sponsorship to open charter school in south St. Louis

Ryan Delaney

Two former Teach For America corps members will have a chance to bring a different model of public education to a part of south St. Louis they say is…

Gavin Schiffres and Jack Krewson, right, canvass the Dutchtown neighborhood with members of the school choice advocacy group Children Education Alliance of Missouri June 8, 2017. Schiffres and Krewson want to open a charter school in the neighborhood.

Education

Publicity starts early for some St. Louis charter schools

Two young teachers who are hoping to start a charter school in the Dutchtown neighborhood in south St. Louis are knocking on residents’ doors this summer…