Mayor Slay Attacks The Performance Of The St. Louis Public Schools

Mayor Slay Announces Three New Charter Schools

Mayor Francis Slay once again repeated his criticism that the city schools are mostly responsible for the city losing 29,000 people between 2000 and 2010. "There's no mistake about it," said an emotional Slay in his City Hall office shortly after announcing three new charter schools will begin operation in the city this fall. "Everybody knows that we're losing population because there's not enough free quality public education, and if anybody's in denial they're just fooling themselves."

interesting link here, and more to come--to help you with one of the essay questions on the final.

Mayor Slay has been a big proponent for charter schools. Last year he was honored by the National Alliance for Charter Schools as an exemplary advocate for its immersion into the public sector.