“Separate and Unequal”: The Story of Race-Based Educational Access in St. Louis is the second installment of a three-part series on housing, accessibility to education, and the Voluntary Student Transfer...
“Separate and Unequal”: The Legacy of Racist Housing Policy in St. Louis is the first installment of a three-part series on housing, accessibility to education, and the Voluntary Student Transfer Program....
Anyone raised in Clayton has watched the city grow taller. Children stand on their tiptoes and peer eagerly out of their windows as bulldozers and swinging cranes uplift the earth, marking the places where,...
Last November, when Dr. Sharmon Wilkinson took a medical leave from her position as superintendent of the School District of Clayton, she knew who to leave the District in the hands of -...
Five and a half miles away from Clayton, a fluorescent sign hangs above Manchester Avenue, marking the entrance to a strip of restaurants, coffee shops, bars and street art known as The Grove. On a Saturday...
INTRODUCTION
According to the Clayton Alumni Association, a Hall of Fame candidate has each of the following qualities: “Excellence in service to a recognized profession such as law, education, medicine,...
Nestled above downtown St.Louis and just west of the Mississippi lies a 30 acre neighborhood:Old North St. Louis. Within this small locality exists a duplicitous community of decrepit, backless houses,...
Introduction
Human beings are wired to compare themselves to others. They can fall into the trap of valuing themselves based upon their perception of others’ strengths and weaknesses.
In this technological...
I. Clayton Connections
Giacomo Brao, a former CHS student, housed two homeless people, one in his shed, and one in his house. At age 16, Brao met the first of two homeless people he would eventually house,...
Introduction
We are afraid of what we don’t understand. Mental illness is an issue that is so cryptic and nuanced in nature that it scares us.
Anxiety and depression, as Clayton High School juniors...
Elise Yang, Review Section Editor
• September 15, 2015
Concessions Attendant at the Hi-Pointe Theater
Q: What’s your hourly wage?
A: $8.50 an hour.
Q: What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened here?
A: This one lady...
Waitress at Cafe Manhattan
Q: What’s your hourly wage?
A: Minimum wage, or $7.65 plus tips. But people don’t usually tip on take outs, even though you’re supposed to.
Q:...
