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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: MO State Board of Ed Poised to Recommend Takeover of City
I don't know how to break the news, but Governors and Mayors are also "democratically-elected" in "fair and free" elections. The problems in St. Louis did not start with Mayor Slay and it is the height of dishonesty to pretend that they did. Art -----Original Message----- From: campbellp@mail.montclair.edu To: ARN-state@yahoogroups.com; arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 9:58 AM Subject: [arn-l] MO State Board of Ed Poised to Recommend Takeover of City Schools The situation in St. Louis is absolutely horrendous. The State Board of Education is poised to recommend (they're meeting on February 15th and 16th and could make a final decision at this meeting) that the St. Louis school board be disbanded and replaced by a three-member commission. Of the three members, one will be appointed by Republican Gov. Matt "I Never Met a Voucher I Didn't Like" Blunt (son of U.S. House Republican Roy Blunt) and another by Republican Mayor Francis "Privatize The Whole Village" Slay. Gee, I wonder what direction this new triumvirate would take RE: the St. Louis public schools. The State Board will be acting on a recommendation from the Danforth Commission, put together at the request of State Dept. of Ed Commissioner Kent King. Current SLPS Board member Peter Downs wrote an eloquent history of the current situation and a powerful defense of the current democratically-elected board. Find it here: http://www.stltu.org/readmoredownsletter.html If the State Board recommends a take-over, it will radically undermine the free and fair elections that took place in April 2006, when Mayor Slay's incumbent candidates were soundly defeated by Downs and Donna Jones. It would also mean that Slay would regain de facto control over the schools despite the fact that voters overwhelmingly rejected the puppets he had on the board doing his bidding. Peter C. ----------------------------------------------- Report list problems to listmom@interversity.net ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
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