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Byline: SHASHANK BENGALI
Tiny school district wrangles with `huge stigma'
NIANGUA, Mo. _ Students returning to their classrooms here this month confronted a raft of changes. Their computers had been replaced. So had textbooks, graduation requirements, the dress code _ even the principals.
"There's a lot different from last year," said 10th-grader Andy Hicks. "Different teachers. Different rules."
And a different attitude. The tiny Niangua School District has begun the term fighting for redemption, two months after losing state accreditation because of low test scores.
Since the Kansas City School District regained provisional state accreditation in April, Niangua _ with 270 students, in an Ozarks town with just slightly more residents _ has inherited the unhappy distinction of being the only unaccredited district in Missouri.
"It's a huge stigma for the students, and for all of us," said Ann Hallmark, who teaches government to 10th- and 11th-graders.
Worse than the stigma is the potential cost. Under state law, Niangua students may transfer to an accredited school district and Niangua will…
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