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McSpadden to graduate from Jennings High
Lezley McSpadden, the mother of the late Michael Brown Jr., will receive her high school diploma from Jennings High School on Friday, May 26.
First to complete district’s new Adult Education Program By Chris King Of The St. Louis American Lezley McSpadden, the mother of the late Michael Brown Jr., will receive her high school diploma from Jennings High School on Friday, May 26, as part of the school’s 100th commencement. McSpadden, 37, worked with Jennings
School District Superintendent Art McCoy Jr. to start the Adult Education Program through which she earned her degree as its first graduate. “When I first met with Lezley, I wanted to help with her foundation,” McCoy told The American. McSpadden is founder and president of the Michael O.D. Brown We Love Our Sons
and Daughters Foundation, named after her son, who was killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014, sparking unrest in Ferguson, which neighbors Jennings. The foundation works to “build capacity at the intersection of four core outcome components: Justice, Health, Education
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Health care comes to Pagedale Affinia partners with Beyond Housing to open health clinic By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
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Watching the parade Peyton Witherspoon, Gabby Littleton and Aniya Witherspoon checked out the Annie Malone May Day Parade in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, May 21, the largest fundraiser for Annie Malone Children and Family Services.
Affinia Healthcare in Pagedale opened for business on Monday, May 22 to make health care more accessible to families in area communities. A grand opening took place on Friday, May 19. The new n “We were driven health clinic came about as joint effort by Affinia and by the community. aBeyond Housing by listening to They told us early the needs of residents. “First and foremost, like they did not have everything else we do, we were enough access to driven by the community,” primary care.” Chris Krehmeyer, president and CEO Beyond Housing told The – Chris Krehmeyer, American. “They told us early Beyond Housing they did not have enough access to primary care – ‘we don’t have any place close by we can go to.’” The 2,800 square-foot Pagedale health clinic, located at 6763 Page Ave., will have two medical providers and support staff who will be available six days a week. It is expected to serve about 2,600 patients each year, providing See PAGEDALE, A6
Students, ACLU persuade district to revoke punishments for walkout Teachers reach temporary agreement with Hazelwood By Sophie Hurwitz For The St. Louis American Hazelwood School district officials, teachers and students finally reached a settlement, with a little legal muscle from the ACLU of Missouri, after four days of contention over teachers’ contracts and the district’s move to punish students who walked out of class in support of the teachers. The students, who staged a walkout on Monday, May 15 in support of their teachers’ demands for better contracts with the district, were suspended en masse – 105 students were suspended, 12 of them seniors who (according to district policy for suspended students) would not be permitted to participate in any school activity, including their graduation.
n “We were like, ‘How about we stand up for our teachers and support them?’” she said. “So we were like, ‘Let’s just do a walkout.’”
Dems confirm Navarro as 28th Ward nominee By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
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That, however, provided more fuel for the following two days of protest – as well as a steady supply of students who were free to protest because they were no longer obligated to be See WALKOUT, A7
Heather Brouillet Navarro
After their first nominee failed to meet a residency requirement, the 28th Ward Democrats have chosen a new candidate to run for newly-elected Mayor Lyda Krewson’s seat at the Board of Aldermen – it’s Heather Brouillet Navarro, executive director for the Missouri Coalition the Environment. The special election for 28th Ward alderman will be held on Tuesday, July 11. The 28th Ward Democratic Committee See NAVARRO, A6