St. Louis Public Schools has not been adequately serving its students for decades, and the district is on track to slide further into decline. SLPS students lag significantly behind state averages in test scores, graduation rates and college readiness with wide racial and socioeconomic disparities.

The district is chronically underfunded, with state and local revenue continuing to shrink as families switch their students to charter schools, taking thousands of dollars of public money with them for each student. St. Louis continues to lose residents — and the local taxes they pay to support the district. School buildings, many of them crumbling or in serious disrepair, are severely underutilized.

We could go on and on.

St. Louis students deserve better. But it is clear it will not happen

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