Charter school principal fired for allegedly fixing state tests

ST. LOUIS -- A principal at a St. Louis charter school is fired for allegedly altering state tests.

Cheryl Ray was dismissed yesterday from the St. Louis Charter Academies' south campus. That was just a day after a teacher at the school's north campus was charged with assaulting a third-grade student.

Ray allegedly had teachers return standardized tests to students to fill in incomplete answers after the test period had expired.

Enrollment at the charter school -- among St. Louis' largest -- is 460, down about 160 from two years ago. The St. Louis Charter Academies are sponsored by the University of Missouri at Rolla.

Rolla officials say they have no plans to cancel their contract with the school. The contract ends in 2007.

(KSDK)