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Venice, Mo., gets state's approval for charter high school.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)

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Byline: Aisha Sultan

Oct. 11--Hailing it as a new day for students in Venice, State Superintendent Randy Dunn announced a plan Sunday to open a charter high school early next month at the old Lincoln Technical School site -- reversing an earlier decision by the previous state board and superintendent.

Supporters of the proposed Lincoln Charter School gathered in the Venice High School gymnasium to hear details about a plan that had been promised for months. When Venice High School shut the doors of its troubled school this year, 55 students were left stranded without a school in Venice.

Dunn acknowledged that a "bad situation got worse before it…

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