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Voluntary Transfer Program
4:50 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

St. Louis Districts Renew Student Transfer Program

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More than a dozen school districts voted Friday to extend the voluntary transfer program in St. Louis.
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Suburban St. Louis districts will continue to accept black students who transfer from the St. Louis city district through a program that grew out of a desegregation case.

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SLPS debt payments
3:37 pm
Mon November 21, 2011

$96 million settlement helps SLPS clear one hurdle toward reaccreditation

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Michael Lidell (L) and attorney William Douthit (C) watch as Supt. Kelvin Adams announces an agreement that allows the SLPS to use $96 million from the settlement of a desegregation lawsuit to pay off debt and fund education initiatives.
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For the first time in a decade, the St. Louis Public Schools will be debt-free.

Superintendent Kelvin Adams announced today that the district has entered an agreement with the plaintiffs in a 1972 case over the district's segregation policies that frees up $96 million for debt reduction and district operations.

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