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  1.   Class struggle • For years, Kennard Classical Junior Academy has served as an academic lifeboat within the struggling St. Louis Public Schools, attracting city parents who might otherwise choose a private school or migrate to the suburbs. The district has tried to make its other magnet schools as desirable as Kennard, McKinley middle and Metro High, but has largely failed. During the last two years, St. Louis Public Schools has engaged in an ambitious effort to transform Mallinckrodt Academy, which was once listed for closure, into a top-tier magnet school serving gifted children. Now, with one year of that program complete, moms and dads at Mallinckrodt are praising their child’s progress in reading and writing and touting its principal and parent-teacher organization.

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    Class struggle • For years, Kennard Classical Junior Academy has served as an academic lifeboat within the struggling St. Louis Public Schools, attracting city parents who might otherwise choose a private school or migrate to the suburbs. The district has tried to make its other magnet schools as desirable as Kennard, McKinley middle and Metro High, but has largely failed. During the last two years, St. Louis Public Schools has engaged in an ambitious effort to transform Mallinckrodt Academy, which was once listed for closure, into a top-tier magnet school serving gifted children. Now, with one year of that program complete, moms and dads at Mallinckrodt are praising their child’s progress in reading and writing and touting its principal and parent-teacher organization.

    Source: stltoday.com
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    • Posted at 1:39 pm on 10.12.2011