{"id":6726,"date":"2026-11-12T06:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/st-louis-schools-to-close-9-savings-unclear\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:39:13","slug":"st-louis-schools-to-close-9-savings-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/st-louis-schools-to-close-9-savings-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Schools to Close 9, Savings Unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 12, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis Public Schools will close nine schools beginning in fall 2027 following a closely divided Board of Education vote, marking a major restructuring of the city\u2019s public education system. Although district officials estimate the broader consolidation initiative could generate about $20 million in savings, questions remain about implementation costs and how much the district will ultimately save. The Board of Education approved the closures 4\u20133 on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, after months of public meetings, community opposition, and revisions to the district\u2019s Future Ready SLPS initiative. The decision will reduce<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/st-louis-schools-to-close-9-savings-unclear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 12, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis Public Schools will close nine schools beginning in fall 2027 following a closely divided Board of Education vote, marking a major restructuring of the city\u2019s public education system. Although district&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6728,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions\/6728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}