Financial shortcomings, dwindling test scores, and transportation challenges in St. Louis (Missouri) Public Schools are affecting future generations the most, educational advocates say.
“Adults can leave. The children can’t,” Chester Asher from Coalition STL Kids told First Alert 4 after the district’s transportation and security directors announced they would not return next year. “The children are trapped and held hostage in a failing school district.”
Asher described the situation as “the biggest debacle in recent educational history” after the district went from a $17 million surplus to a $35 million deficit, prompting calls for an audit from the city’s mayor.
