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SAVE OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION - And Now - On to the Supreme Court! 9/4/08

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:03:21 +0000

We expect opponents of public education to intensify their attacks in the
weeks running up to the hearing. As you know, the state department of
education moved to take over St. Louis Public Schools to stop your movement
for more educational opportunities for your children. They ousted your
elected representatives in order to say that ordinary citizens should have
no voice in deciding what education for their children should look like.
They worried about your desire to limit the role of private corporations in

Green Party Candidates for St. Louis Mayor speak @ FIRE

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:28:22 +0000

Come hear two candidates seeking the Green Party nomination for mayor to oust Francis Slay.
Peter Downs and Elston McGowan will be speaking as part of the regular organizing meeting to petition for a recall of Slay.

Join us at the F.I.R.E. [Firefighters Institute for Racial Equality] building,
1020 N. Taylor [a block or two north of Delmar]

4:00 pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008
For information call 314-727-8554

Gateway Greens Alliance
http://www.gateway-greens.org

School cuts target the vulnerable - SAB meeting Thursday, 6 pm

ben — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:49:00 +0000

Consider the planned staff reductions: Last year there were 30 school
psychologists, according to the psychologists themselves; now the SAB is
going to cut that number to eight. With 30 psychologists, each one served an
average of three schools each. With eight psychologists, they will serve an
average of 11 schools each less than half a day a week per school. Even
without knowing what they do, that would seem to be an unrealistic workload.

When you stop to consider what the psychologists do, however, you can
appreciate that this is an underhanded way to deny children special

Rally in Defense of Public Education @ Old Courthouse

ben — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:01:45 +0000

You are Invited ... Spread the Word....

Rally in Defense of Public Education!

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St. Louis Board of Education Meeting

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:05:19 +0000

Note: The Board of Education will be discussing whether to St. Louis Public
Schools should join the appeal in the school funding lawsuit by the
Committee for Education.

BOARD MEETING

(December 4, 2007) The Saint Louis Board of Education will hold a
Regular Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Beaumont High School,
located at 3836 Natural Bridge Avenue. The Regular Board Meeting will begin
in open session at 7:00 p.m. in Room 037 and is open to the public. This
notice is posted in compliance with RSMO §610.020. The agenda is as
follows:

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St. Louis Board of Education Calls On Appointed Board to Change Policy

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:59:49 +0000

The resolution followed presentations and a discussion with rank-and-file
school bus drivers and representatives of Laborers Local 509 about the
reasons for the drivers' two-day strike, and a report by Board of Education
President Peter Downs on the state appointed board's looming conflicts with
other employee groups. Downs is chairman of the elected board's human
resources and professional development committee.

Downs said that the state appointed board looks to be driving the district
into confrontations with several other employee groups. He noted that

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