St. Louis Teachers Union

In a letter shared with St. Louis Public Radio, Board of Education President Karen Collins-Adams listed a series of concerns about “an increasing pattern of unauthorized communications from you over the last several months.”

The American Federation of Teachers Local 420 offered alternative ideas to shutting down buildings in St. Louis Public Schools during a summit on Wednesday, but did not discuss how new programs and schools would be funded.

Tax increment financing districts — commonly known as TIF districts — have cost minority students in public schools across St. Louis and St. Louis County more than $260 million over the last six years, according to a new report.