St. Louis Public Schools' 100-Year Deed Restriction Bans Charter Schools From Setting Up Shop in the City's Abandoned Classrooms

Riverfront Times by Kristen Hinman | Feb. 7, 2009 (Special Report)

Rhonda Broussard went out shopping in late 2007 for a building to house the St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, a set of French- and Spanish-speaking public charter schools she plans to open this fall. Broussard pulled up in front of the old Hodgen Elementary School, a brick Italianate structure in the city's Gate District, hopped out of the car and said to herself, "I want that school."

At 46,000 square feet and with fixtures that were ... Full Story »

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 by Kristin Gorski - Feb. 8, 2009

An interesting example of a core issue to the public school vs. charter school debate in Missouri: real estate. Its 100-year-old deed restriction presents such an extreme case, I'd like to read more about if this will remain a law on the books. The article is definitely pro-charter school in tone, and adding more voices from the public school board, administrators and teachers would provide needed balance.

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