The Opportunity Trust

But providers say more money alone won’t solve access issues that many families face.

The Leadership School’s opening was delayed by multiple years, but on Monday students will begin class for the first time

The Leadership School will will open in north St. Louis County this August with about 120 students in kindergarten through second grade and plans to have 450 students through the eighth grade in six years. Elected officials in the Normandy area worry that the charter school will take students and funding from public schools.

The Opportunity Trust says it wants to improve public education in St. Louis. But its doubters say it has bigger plans it’s not being transparent about.

Almost three dozen schools in the St. Louis area will track their students’ social-emotional health from the start of the upcoming school year to the end.…