lmplementation of the St. Louis Public Schools Comprehensive Long Range Plan.

"Special Administrative Board of St. Louis Public Schools announced the implementation of the Comprehensive Long Range Plan. It focuses on 12 most critical and urgent objectives to get every child to perform at or above grade level in reading and math within the next five years and to regain full accreditation.

Dr. Kelvin Adams, Superintendent of Schools, said that it’s his job to put the strategies into action.“The district had already started implementing the plan in many areas prior to my arrival,” Adams said. “For instance, we have hired attendance monitors at the high schools to improve attendance, increased our Advanced Placement course offerings, hired additional English as Second Language teachers and dedicated more resources to our Parents as Teachers program.”

The superintendent noted that he is working side-by-side with the SAB to ensure that the plan moves forward successfully.“The Special Administrative Board has already formed an accountability committee to review our implementation efforts,” Adams said. “This committee consists of representatives from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; the Missouri School Boards Association, the Cooperating School Districts and St. Louis Public Schools.” The Comprehensive Long Range Plan also has the strong support of Rick Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer of the SAB, and Melanie Adams, SAB Vice President." Source: www.slps.org

Our Perspective: Now that the superintendent and his teachers and support staff have the enormous task of implementing "The Comprehensive Long Range Plan", all the stakeholders of St. Louis Public Schools (elected leaders, parents, business owners, teachers' union, the clergy, and the non-profit) should extend their full support and help to the school district. We strongly believe Dr. Adams is assembling a strong team to improve the academic standards and regain accreditation.

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