Monica Obradovic

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Monica Obradovic

ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis would lose up to $60 million a year if federal officials approve a significant tax hike on the country’s wealthiest universities. The most recent proposal for a heightened tax on university endowments tops out at a rate of 8%, adding to the avalanche of threats to higher education as the federal government works to slash research funding and hold “woke, elite” universities accountable.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Monica Obradovic

CHESTERFIELD — Leaders of a new private school have scrapped plans to open at a site in Chesterfield after neighbors gathered hundreds of signatures in opposition. Galilee Academy, a Christian Science school with grades pre-K through 12, is looking for another location after an online petition garnered over 800 signatures from people opposed to the school opening across the street from Parkway West Middle.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Monica Obradovic

WEBSTER GROVES — Webster University is making strides toward financial improvement, but a change to the university’s pay rates has presented another blow to morale among some adjuncts. The nation’s leading accrediting agency recently lifted a financial distress designation levied in November. And Webster leaders say the private college is still on track for its first cash-flow positive year in a decade.

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Monica Obradovic

BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS — The superintendent of Riverview Gardens is recommending the school district close one of its nine elementary schools amid declining enrollment. Superintendent Tanya Patton said Danforth Elementary would be most logical cut after a demographic study forecasted Riverview Gardens could lose between 800 to 1,000 students over the next 10 years.

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Monica Obradovic

ST. PETERS — Summer classes and camps at Francis Howell North have moved to another campus as a noxious odor at the school continues to stump contractors. Programs have moved to Francis Howell Central so construction workers and maintenance crews can have “uninterrupted access” to identify the source of the smell emanating inside of Francis Howell North, said Jennifer Jolls, a district spokesperson.