Student Transfer Requests Coming to Rockwood, Lindbergh

Reported by Patch Editors Frank Johnson and Gregg Palermo

With just a few days left before an Aug. 1 deadline for parents in the unaccredited Normandy and Riverview Gardens School Districts to file transfer requests, only a handful have requested transfer to the Rockwood School District.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained data that, as of last week, shows only 6 transfer requests had come from the Riverview Gardens School district, with 2 from Normandy. Two students from Riverview Gardens also requested transfers to the Lindbergh School District.

However, the dynamic has the potential to shift again, especially with the number of Riverview Gardens transfers. Administrators there selected Mehlville schools as the preferred district to provide free transportation for transfers. But because Mehlville will only be able to accept at most 200 Riverview Gardens students before butting up to class size projections, Riverview Gardens will need to select a second preferred district for transportation.

It is up to the receiving school districts to decide which building a transfer student would be placed. Those students would be eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities, including Missouri State High School Activities Association-sanctioned sports.