Last Friday, St. Louis Public Schools' Elected School Board member David Jackson Jr. sent a formal request to three city aldermen asking them to introduce legislation barring any more charter schools from opening in the city. "Currently charter schools in the city deflect approximately $75 million dollars a year away from the SLPS," Jackson writes. "This has put the SLPS in somewhat of a financial crisis, as it relates to providing quality education for its students, achieving accreditation and