Kelvin Adams

St. Louis Public Schools has hired Keisha Scarlett, an administrator in Seattle Public Schools who has a doctorate in education leadership and policy studies, as its superintendent.

The candidates are vying to replace Kelvin Adams, who was one of the longest-serving superintendents in St. Louis history.

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams will retire this month from the district he helmed for the past 14 years.

St. Louis Public Schools will make mental health support available to students and staff as long as it is needed.

The district’s chief of staff, Nicole Williams, will lead the district after Superintendent Kelvin Adams retires at the end of this year.

Kelvin Adams has led the district for 14 years, a time that included a return to accreditation for the district and two successful bond measure votes.

At a board meeting on Tuesday, St. Louis Public Schools voted to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. The policy takes effect in mid-October.

On Tuesday, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams agreed to delay for one month the vote to close 11 schools. Activists and alumni had pushed back on the school board’s closure plans. Adams discussed the delay on St. Louis on the Air.

The long and potentially painful process of restructuring St. Louis Public Schools’ physical presence throughout the city is underway.The district held…

James Gibbs remembers when the 522-student-capacity Dunbar Elementary School in St. Louis’ JeffVanderLou neighborhood could barely contain all his…