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St. Louis Public Schools
12:01 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

St. Louis Public Schools Get Provisional Accreditation After Unanimous Board Vote

Credit Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio
Mo. State Board of Education members on Oct. 16th, 2012, listen to a presentation on the St. Louis City School District before voting to restore provisional accreditation.

Updated at 4:57 p.m. with comments from DESE's Margie Vandeven; Peter Herschend, State Board of Education President; and Chris Nicastro, Mo. Education Commissioner.


St. Louis schools are no longer unaccredited, following a unanimous vote today by the State Board of Education. The struggling district, which has been under state control for five years, will now have provisional, but not full, accreditation.

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