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Held Back: St. Louis Public Schools' 100-year deed restriction bans charter schools from setting up shop in the city's abandoned classrooms

By Kristen Hinman

Rhonda Broussard went out shopping in late 2007 for a building to house the St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, a set of French- and Spanish-speaking public charter schools she plans to open this fall.

Class Action: St. Louis educators are desperately seeking ways to get kids back in school

In the United States, one student drops out of high school every nine seconds. On average dropouts earn $10,000 less per year than workers with high school diplomas. Dropouts are more likely to be unemployed, be on government assistance, suffer poor health and go to prison.