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Riverview Gardens Selects Kirkwood Schools as Alternate Transfer Choice

The Riverview Gardens School District will have to pay around $12,000 per transfer student that attends Kirkwood.

The Riverview Gardens School District has selected Kirkwood as the second district it will provide bus transportation to for transferring students.

Kirkwood administration released a statement saying the district has room for about 100 students. Mehlville will only accept about 150 transfer students, but 1,100 students applied for the transfer program, according to KTVI

They will be dispersed to various schools thanks to a court ruling allowing students from poor performing districts to transfer to better districts.

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Parents who selected the Mehlville School District on their transfer applications can switch schools, but they only have until Friday.

The Riverview Gardens School District will have to pay around $12,000 per transfer student that attends Kirkwood.

Take a look at this Fox 2 video to see what Kirkwood and Riverview parents have to say about he ordeal.

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