By AP/KWMU
St. Louis, MO – The private company running St. Louis public schools has unveiled its list of 16 schools it wants the School Board to close. The board is expected to vote on the plan at a meeting Tuesday night at Harris-Stowe State College (7:00 PM).
The management firm is trying to close a $90 million budget shortfall and says $15 million in savings can come from closing the schools.
The Post-Dispatch reports the list includes:
Elementary schools:
Carver
Cook
Cupples
Emerson
Garfield
Hempstead
Jackson
Lowell
Marshall
Roe
Scullin
Walnut Park
Waring
Middle schools:
Des Peres
Williams
High schools:
King Tri-A