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Northwest Academy of Law High School Carnahan will go back to being a middle school. Historic Sumner High School had also been recommended for closure, but the board has postponed that decision until March. Sumner alum and former schools superintendent Dr. John Wright was asked how one school could produce so much talent, including Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Arthur Ashe, comedian Dick Gregory, Billy Davis, Jr. and Grace Bumbry. “Because of segregation,” said Wright. “Everyone who lived wes...

Updated: 5:51 PM CST Jan 12, 2021 During the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, photographers captured a man carrying a confederate flag as he passed a portrait of Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner. Sumner was beaten in the capitol after his “Crime Against Kansas” speech which argued for the admission of Kansas to the union as a free state. At Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kansas City, Kansas, teachers are talking with students about the riot while drawing lessons from ...

For more than a year SLPS has debated closing buildings because of a drop in enrollment.

Beloved musician, Black Rep musical director Charles Creath dies at 68 To truly understand the scope of the musical gifts of longtime Black Rep musical director Charles Creath, one would need to watch him sing through a musical theater production for the first time and then return for opening night. Each time, the transformation was stunning.  Charles Creath Talented individuals would become a musical family — and create a musical experience that was impossible for audiences to disengag...

Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update Marlene Sokol, Tampa Bay Times © Luis Santana/Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS Students of Berkeley Preparatory High School react to a devastating 33-21 loss during the Class 3A state semifinal on Dec. 4 in Tampa. Reflecting the rest of society, COVID-19 is spreading exponentially in Tampa Bay area schools. What used to be 100 or 200 cases a week grew to 500 — and now, in the week before the winter break, to more than 600. Schools ...

The board said it will reconsider the closures at its Jan. 12 meeting Author: Casey Nolen Updated: 8:03 AM CST December 16, 2020 ST. LOUIS — After backlash from parents, non-profits and politicians, the board of Saint Louis Public Schools voted to temporarily halt a vote to close ten public schools, including the historic Sumner High Tuesday night.  Over the past decade, enrollment in the district has dropped from about 60,000 students to around 45,000, Superi...

ST. LOUIS — A vote on closing 11 public schools including Sumner High has been pushed back a month after community outcry saying the process was rushed. The extra time will allow district leaders to visit with community members and staff from each of the schools on the proposed closure list, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams said Tuesday after recommending postponing the vote to the School Board’s Jan. 12 meeting. The other schools Adams recommends should close by f...

Sumner High School 140th Anniversary Gala Kenneth M. Lee, Sumner Alumni Association president, addresses the crowd at the Sumner High School 140th Anniversary Gala at Chase Park Plaza on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Photo by Jon Gitchoff Jon Gitchoff Sumner High School 140th Anniversary Gala Jacqueline Vanderford, Club 140 chairperson, addresses the crowd at the Sumner High School 140th Anniversary Gala at Chase Park Plaza on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Photo by Jon Gitchoff Jo...