Michael Melinger, Chief Photo Editor
May 13, 2019
In-Depth: Photos From Inside the Transfer ProgramMichael MelingerThese photos are a peak in the lives of two families, Clayton families. Young kids who want to learn and parents who want the best for their kids. These families are apart of the Voluntary Student Transfer program. A program that provides city families with access to county education. A program that may soon go...
Michael Melinger, Grace Snelling, Lila Taylor, and Sara Stemmler
May 10, 2019
Michael Melinger, Grace Snelling, Lila Taylor, Sara Stemmlerit doesn’t have to end.In 1971, as a result of overcrowding in schools, city officials informed parents of students attending public schools in St. Louis that their children would be moved to a deteriorating, dated bui lding miles away from their current school. After indirect efforts to obtain a fair and equitable education for their children...
(David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
May 9, 2019
In the years since 1876, a date hailed in Saint Louis history as the great divorce, Missouri lawmakers have tried five times to rejoin Saint Louis City and County in one massive city. Each attempt was a failure. Everyone understands that the status quo is broken. In an editorial, founder of the Riverfront Times, Ray Hartmann, wrote “[Saint Louis] city is crime-ridden and financially in peril....
