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Attendance drops by almost half at 51붚죕 schools relocated after the tornado

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Blythe Bernhard | Post-Dispatch
Aug 21, 2025
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SLPS starts school year implementing enrollment adjustments forced by tornado — Left to right, Jacobi Thomas, 13, Dreylen Walton, 6, Boston Thomas, 13, Marlie Thomas, Jakob Fitzpatrick, 6, and Randy Walton, 8, wait outside tornado-damaged Ashland Elementary for their school bus on the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in the Penrose neighborhood. The students attend Gateway Elementary and Gateway Middle schools 3 miles away.
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ST. LOUIS �� Attendance fell by 735 students in six schools that were relocated this week because of tornado damage, according to 51붚죕 Public Schools.

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Tornado causes some 51붚죕 Public Schools to relocate — Jason Williams, a general contractor, talks about damage done to Ashland Elementary School and the surrounding neighborhood while he was visiting the area on Friday, July 18, 2025.혻Ashland is one of the 51붚죕 Public Schools damaged in the May 16 tornado, which displaced at least 2,000 students from their homes or schools in north 51붚죕. Seven schools will not reopen for the fall, and students and staff will transfer to other buildings.혻
Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch

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