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All Curriculum Coachs Must Reapply for Jobs

By Antonio D. French

Filed Wednesday, May 3 at 8:41 AM

The brief tenure of former Chief Academic Officer Lynn "Spam" Spampinato continues to cause the St. Louis Public Schools heartburn.

Last Thursday, the district's 90+ curriculum coaches were all told that they have to reapply for their jobs. It turns out that federal regulations require them to have certification in reading and math if they are getting paid with Title 1 funds, and many of them don't.

It turns out that Spampinato never lived up to the agreement that let the school district use federal Title 1 funds to pay the salaries of curriculum coaches. The funds are supposed to be used for programs to improve the performance of disadvantages students in reading and math.

Now the school district is under the gun to fix the problem or risk having to repay the misused money.

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