UPDATE: Clayton Schools 'Thrilled' by Student-Transfers Ruling

The decision was announced Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

A judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the School District of Clayton in a widely watched case that deals with the transfer of students from unaccredited schools to accredited ones, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Quoting from the Post-Dispatch article: "Under the ruling, students from unaccredited school districts would not have the right to transfer to better school districts for free." (Read the complete Turner v. Clayton ruling issued Tuesday.) Chief Communications Officer Chris Tennill of the School District of Clayton said the district is "thrilled" with the ruling. "This is a statute that, in its current form, doesn't work the way it's intended to," said Tennill, describing how the ruling by Judge David Lee Vincent III aligns …

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Tentative September Trial Set in Turner v. Clayton Case

Among the issues in the case involving the School District of Clayton is whether students from unaccredited districts can choose to attend any accredited district in the same or adjoining county.

A tentative bench trial date of Sept. 26 has been scheduled in the Jane Turner v. School District of Clayton case. The decision came Tuesday in a conference held in the 21st Circuit Court for St. Louis County. Judge David Vincent is expected to gauge whether attorneys need more time in developing their respective cases at a July 22 status hearing. The Missouri Supreme Court in July issued an opinion in the case stating that students from unaccredited districts can choose to attend any accredited district in the same or adjoining county and that the accepting district—which could include districts such as Clayton's—has no discretion in the matter. The case and all issues that evolved from the Supreme Court ruling are now in the hands of the…

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Legislative Action Appears Logical Recourse to Enrollment Questions Posed by Turner v. Clayton

The case—involving the transfer of students from unaccredited St. Louis school districts to districts such as that of Clayton—has been sent back to the lower courts to allow both sides to flesh out the full argument

The School District of Clayton today serves about 2,500 students. But a Missouri Supreme Court ruling would force the district to potentially accept well more than 30,000 kids. In July, the Missouri Supreme Court released its decision in Jane Turner v. School District of Clayton, requiring all Missouri school districts that are accredited to accept students from adjacent unaccredited school districts and send the tuition bills to the unaccredited district. Oh, and by the way: The accredited school districts cannot limit enrollment of transfer students from the unaccredited school districts. For Clayton, this amounts to allowing children living within the area served by St. Louis Public Schools to enroll in Clayton schools with little to no…

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Candace Jarrett

11:10 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Elad, this is a very well-written piece. I think this is a topic that makes a lot of people nervous. Both sides have very valid points and as the parent of a young child, I would not want my my child's school to be overcrowded especially since I pay taxes to keep it a great competitive school. At the same time I feel for these children that need the same access to good education. I cover the …   more ›