City School Board may revisit anti-charter contract

 

 Speaking of the disgraceful St. Louis school board, at least one of the four members who voted to hire a crony to run attack ads against charter schools is coming to his senses:

It seems the St. Louis School Board has not seen the last of a $25,000 no-bid contract it awarded Tuesday to radio talk show host Lizz Brown.

Brown is to counter advertising campaigns for charter schools with her own marketing firm.

School Board member David Jackson said Wednesday that he would seek to place the contract on the agenda for the board's June 12 meeting and will change his vote.

"I don't want to pay $25,000 to dog another entity," said Jackson, one of four board members who supported the contract. He now prefers the money be spent to promote the city schools rather than denounce charter schools.

 

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City School Board may revisit anti-charter contract

By Steve Giegerich

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

05/31/2007

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/4560054B56F815B7862572EC000FF04D?OpenDocument

It seems the St. Louis School Board has not seen the last of a $25,000 no-bid contract it awarded Tuesday to radio talk show host Lizz Brown.