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Originally posted by ladygreek
This debate has been going on all summer. The argument could be made that the city of St. Louis had too many schools for the current population since the population shift has been to the suburbs. In fact many of them are in close proximity of each other and could be easily consolidated. And most of them are in dire need of renovations. Personally I don't think the closing of the schools will negatively affect the education of the kids, but I do see it having a negative economical impact because of the loss of jobs.
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I'm from a suburb of Saint Louis and have been keeping an eye on what is going on with the city schools. Financially they are in horrible conditions. Many of those schools need renovations, but the city school district can not afford them because they are in millions and millions of dollars in the red. Plus some of their schools academically had not been doing well and that is why the busing (bus kids from the city to county schools) program was put into place years ago. I have read plenty of articles and have wondered why people are going off on the district now when they hired a firm to help with the financial situation when this has been going on for years. I feel sorry for the teachers, staff, and administrators who have lost their jobs but this was bound to happen someday.