Weather postpones public hearing on unaccredited school districts

(From the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

Due to adverse weather conditions, State Education officials have postponed a public hearing regarding unaccredited school districts scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 4 in St. Louis.

The hearing will be rescheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, JC Penney Conference Center, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121.

The hearing will be an opportunity to gather feedback on plans submitted for transforming unaccredited school districts in the state. With this feedback, the Department will create a statewide plan for support of and, if necessary, intervention in unaccredited schools.

Persons wishing to make public comments may sign up to do so at the hearing. Those speaking are asked to limit their remarks to three minutes. Anyone wishing to share their thoughts may do so by visiting <http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/unaccrediteddistricts.html>

A similar hearing took place last week in Kansas City. Others are scheduled later this week in Springfield and Sikeston.