🌱 Patch AM: How did Ladue Horton Watkins stack up in new Missouri rankings?

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• How did Ladue Horton Watkins stack up in new Missouri rankings?

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📰 News we're reading

• Two SLPS high schools recognized among Missouri's best in new rankings (stlamerican.com) — Ladue Horton Watkins High School lands at No. 11 in the St. Louis-area rankings, trailing several magnet and suburban schools in the latest U.S. News & World Report list. Two St. Louis Public Schools magnet high schools took the top statewide spots, while Clayton, Parkway West and STEAM Academy also ranked ahead of Ladue, highlighting a competitive regional landscape for college readiness and graduation rates.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Clayton

• The Missouri All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Spot Where Rolls Arrive Fresh And Refills Keep Coming (myfamilytravels.com)
• The St. Louis County and City of St. Louis divide, explained (studlife.com)

St. Louis

• St. Louis launches program to aid tornado survivors with water bills as shutoff moratorium ends (ksdk.com)
• First Alert Forward: The impact of the aviation and aerospace industry in STL (firstalert4.com)
• Bizarre Charter School Funding in St. Louis and Kansas City (showmeinstitute.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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