ST. LOUIS — The fate of more than a dozen St. Louis Public Schools hangs in the balance as district leaders struggle to close a massive $41 million budget deficit under their proposed “Future Ready” consolidation plan.
“This is the only school that still remains in our community. This is all we have, and now they want to take that as well from our children. That’s not fair, said Cassandra Barton, Walbridge Elementary Alumna and Parent.
For lifelong residents like Cassandra Barton, the proposed closures hit directly at home. Barton, who attended Walbridge Elementary in 1972, has seen four generations of her family pass through the school’s doors, including her children and now three of her grandchildren…