Historical April–May 2004 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The St. Louis Public Schools have been attempting to tackle a large deficit.
In order to balance their budget, the schools plan to dispense with a number of properties, not currently in use. One such property is the Des Peres middle school.
It was most recently used as a facility for children with special needs.
It is located on the east side of Des Peres just north of Kingsbury and has been known as the Hamilton annex for much of its history.
The SDCC reports that several groups have advanced plans to buy the property for various uses. At this writing, there are four.
An organization called Strong Tower wants the facility to provide an educational component in its program to help homeless mothersto-be. Currently, this program is rn from the director’s home. Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club would like to acquire the school building to use as a satellite facility for children aged 5 to 18. Taulby Roach, a resident of Parkview, would like to acquire the site to use to construct 27 townhomes, each about 3000 square feet, and market rate.
There would be off-street parking and residents would have basements.
The Residential Committee of the SDCC will examine plans for this development on April 1 at 7pm at the SDCC office, 6006 Kingsbury.
Another possible use of the building is for a new charter school.
The various plans each have advocates and the 26th ward alderman has expressed support for several.
If you would like more information about these plans, please contact the SDCC office at 862-5122.
The Council can express its opinion about the desirability of any of these but the Board of Education will make the final determination.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2004.
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