School Finances

The St. Louis Board of Education voted 6-0 Monday to end Scarlett's three-year contract, following a third-party investigation into her hiring practices and other personnel matters.

Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says he'll only investigate charter schools in the region if formal complaints show “specific problems” after union leaders sent a letter to the office in August.

St. Louis Public Schools officials, as well as the Naidoo family, say they're managing transportation hiccups and other issues.

Leaders of the St. Louis Public School District shared plans Tuesday evening to begin the 2024-25 school year on a positive note, as well as insight into finances and student transportation.

The court said charter schools do not have to spend the money on desegregation programs.

With fewer Republican lawmakers in the legislature who have previously supported school choice measures, compromises were made to secure the bills’ passage

If schools refused to certify their district had complied with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s demands to drop any and all COVID-19 restrictions, thousands in savings to taxpayers were at risk. In the nearly three months since the state required the certification form, 21 districts signed and seven refused.

More than one-third of districts in the county dropped at least one tier.

St. Louis' school buildings have half as many kids in them as other big cities and school districts do.

In a single phone call on an afternoon in June, Superintendent Kent Sherrow learned that his Iron County C-4 School District would lose nearly a quarter…