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Faith & Environment
6:00 am
Sun August 26, 2012

St. Louis interfaith gathering to focus on environment

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People from a range of religious traditions and faiths will be gathering this afternoon to talk about environmental sustainability.

St. Louis EcoFaith co-organizer Steve Lawler says the goal is to build an interfaith network that can support environmental awareness and action.

Himself an Episcopal priest, Lawler says concern for the environment is integral to many different religions, from Buddhism to Islam.

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St. Louis Public Schools
5:43 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

SLPS releases first-day attendance numbers

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Students filing in for the first day of school at Gateway Elementary School in St. Louis.
St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kelvin Adams and other district administrators visited 25 churches on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. They asked congregations to help make sure kids get to their first day class.
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Updated 5:10 p.m. Aug. 13:

St. Louis Public Schools has released its attendance figures for the first day of school:

  • 20,283 students in Kindergarten through 12th grade attended classes today
  • According to SLPS, the number shows a 10.25 percent increase over the previous year’s first day attendance of 18,397

Three new schools opened to address the closing of six Imagine charter schools in St. Louis. The new schools had the following first-day attendance numbers:

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