Keisha Scarlett, right, takes the oath of office, administered by board president Antionette 鈥淭oni鈥 Cousins, to become the 35th superintendent of 51黑料 Public Schools on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School at the 1000 block of North Jefferson Street in 51黑料. Scarlett, the first African American woman to hold the position, succeeded Kelvin Adams after the district鈥檚 board held a nationwide search.聽
Arthur H. Trickett-Wile, Post-DispatchST. LOUIS 鈥 Families looking for reassurance the school bus will show up in four weeks did not find it in the latest transportation update from top 51黑料 Public School administrators.
Keisha Scarlett explains why she wants to be SLPS superintendent in a video recorded on January 24th, 2023 by the 51黑料 Public Schools. Each of the candidates was asked the same 5 questions while they were here interviewing for the position. (Video courtesy 51黑料 Public Schools)
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One year after becoming schools superintendent, Keisha Scarlett has been replaced as questions roil about finances in the district.
Hiring, spending and contract decisions by SLPS superintendent Keisha Scarlett had raised red flags.
51黑料 Public Schools鈥 policy on partnerships has 鈥渉ampered鈥 community engagement, the mayor wrote in a letter to the school board.
The vote to investigate and place Keisha Scarlett on temporary leave received four 鈥測es鈥 votes, two 鈥渘o鈥 votes and one abstention.
Millicent Borishade worked for one year in a Washington school district before joining her friend, the new superintendent at SLPS.
Jones also announced plans for the city鈥檚 audit of the school district facing a budget deficit and ousted superintendent.
Toni Cousins and Matt Davis have an 鈥渋llegitimate, reactionary, over-reaching鈥 role in 51黑料 Public Schools, Emily Hubbard writes.
The school district鈥檚 general operating budget dropped from a surplus of $17 million to a projected deficit of $35 million in the last year.
Hundreds of parents gathered to hear from SLPS transportation staff about the patchwork plan to compensate for a lack of school buses.
The plan includes some traditional yellow buses along with hundreds of smaller vehicles including taxicabs, shuttles and private rideshares.聽聽
The past month has been tumultuous for the 19,000-student district, starting with the departure of Superintendent Keisha Scarlett.
More than 1,000 students lost their rides on the first day of school Monday after SLPS is down another 36 buses.聽
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51黑料 Public Schools looks to a California company to solve its longstanding bus crisis even as a tornado scrambled the plan.
Keisha Scarlett, right, takes the oath of office, administered by board president Antionette 鈥淭oni鈥 Cousins, to become the 35th superintendent of 51黑料 Public Schools on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School at the 1000 block of North Jefferson Street in 51黑料. Scarlett, the first African American woman to hold the position, succeeded Kelvin Adams after the district鈥檚 board held a nationwide search.聽
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