From the Desk of…
Diana Bourisaw, Superintendent
Reception for Retirees and Board Meeting Tonight Carr Lane
Auditorium
The Board of Education will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. Before
the meeting, from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m., we will be hosting a brief
reception for the staff members who retired at the end of the
2006-2007 school year.
Summer School Starts
More than 14,000 St. Louis Public Schools’ students
registered to attend summer school which officially started
yesterday. That is 3,000 more students registered than originally
expected. This summer, the district is offering summer school,
tuition-free, to any Missouri student tuition free.
Additional details regarding our special summer school session
are available by writing to summerschool@slps.org.
End of Year Attendance
At the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, I established
attendance targets for all schools – 90% for high school,
92% for middle, and 95% for elementary. I am pleased to share
with you the schools that met or exceeded their attendance
target for the past school year.
Elementary School Attendance Rate
Kennard CJA 97.04
Gateway Elementary 95.35
Euclid Montessori 95.15
Dewey International Studies 95
Middle School Attendance Rate
McKinley Classical Jr. Academy 95.58
Busch Athletic & Academic 94.49
Carr Lane 94.04
Compton-Drew ILC 93.87
Gateway Middle 93.39
Bunche International Studies 93.1
Blewett Middle School 92.56
High School Attendance Rate
Metro High School 96.28
Mel Carnahan School Of The Future 93.3
Clyde C. Miller Career Academy 92.39
Nottingham CAJT 92.32
Cleveland NJROTC @ Pruitt 91.59
Soldan International Studies 90.51
The Weekly Message
During the summer months, my periodic updates will be reduced
and will not be weekly.
“If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should
teach the way they learn.” Ignacio Estrada
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