Ace Collins, 11, leads a line of students, carrying signs in support of saving Shenandoah Elementary School, to the front of the room Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the school early in a public meeting where ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Public Schools Superintendent Myra Berry discussed the district’s “Future Ready SLPS†plan, which would close some schools. Shenandoah among the schools that could be closed under the proposal.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
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Dorothy Rohde-Collins studies the history of public schools in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ with an emphasis on school closure. She is a parent of two SLPS students and the former president of the Board of Education of the City of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´.
"Future Ready," the plan for redistricting ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Public Schools, is a proposal in desperate need of a mandate.
Ace Collins, 11, leads a line of students, carrying signs in support of saving Shenandoah Elementary School, to the front of the room Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the school early in a public meeting where ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Public Schools Superintendent Myra Berry discussed the district’s “Future Ready SLPS†plan, which would close some schools. Shenandoah among the schools that could be closed under the proposal.
