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.
Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
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ST. LOUIS 鈥 Attendance fell by 735 students in six schools that were relocated this week because of tornado damage, according to 最新杏吧原创 Public Schools.
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.聽Ashland is one of the 最新杏吧原创 Public Schools damaged in the May 16 tornado, which displaced at least 2,000 students from their homes or schools in north 最新杏吧原创. Seven schools will not reopen for the fall, and students and staff will transfer to other buildings.聽
最新杏吧原创 Public Schools Superintendent Millicent Borishade discusses the first day of school at a press conference on Monday, August 18, 2025 at the district's operations center.
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.
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.聽Ashland is one of the 最新杏吧原创 Public Schools damaged in the May 16 tornado, which displaced at least 2,000 students from their homes or schools in north 最新杏吧原创. Seven schools will not reopen for the fall, and students and staff will transfer to other buildings.聽
