Politics & Government

Ruling In Student Transfers Case

The decision was announced Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A Creve Coeur attorney for the plaintiffs told the paper, "It's been a long, hard road,"

A judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the School District of Clayton in a widely watched case that deals with the transfer of students from unaccredited schools to accredited ones, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A copy of the ruling is attached to this article.

Quoting from the Post-Dispatch article:

"Under the ruling, students from unaccredited school districts would not have the right to transfer to better school districts for free."

Chief Communications Officer Chris Tennill of the said the district is "thrilled" with the ruling.

"This is a statute that, in its current form, doesn't work the way it's intended to," said Tennill, describing how the ruling by Judge David Lee Vincent III aligns with the district's positions on student transfers.

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He said it's unclear whether plaintiffs will appeal the case, so the district will take a wait-and-see approach for the immediate future. If it is appealed, he said, the district is prepared to continue facing the issue of transfers with the "same dedication and intensity" as it has for the last five years.

Messages seeking comment from the Parkway and Ladue School districts, which stood to see an influx of students were transfers allowed under the current system, have not been returned.

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Local editors Gregg Palermo and Gabrielle Biondo contributed information for this report.


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