Lafayette Prep Academy

leeharveyawesome · PostMar 06, 2015#12015-03-06T13:18+00:00

Vacant church complex at Lafayette and Mississippi to be purchased and renovated. It will become full time home for Lafayette Prep Academy. This is huge.

http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/educat ... touch=true

downtown2007 · PostMar 06, 2015#22015-03-06T13:50+00:00

Not really. We really needed this school downtown and it hurts to lose it. There are a lot of Loft dwellers that sent their kids there.

leeharveyawesome · PostMar 06, 2015#32015-03-06T14:04+00:00

downtown2007 wrote:Not really. We really needed this school downtown and it hurts to lose it. There are a lot of Loft dwellers that sent their kids there.

Not a fan of Confluence Academy?

roger wyoming II · PostMar 06, 2015#42015-03-06T14:10+00:00

Starting with the '17-'18 school year parents can just stick their younger kids on Metrolink and have them walk a block from the Cortex station to Stix ECC. "Here's your backpack, honey. And your Metro ticket. Have a great day!"

Free Range Metrolink kids!

terence d · PostMar 06, 2015#52015-03-06T18:57+00:00

roger wyoming II wrote:Starting with the '17-'18 school year parents can just stick their younger kids on Metrolink

Not trying to be troll-like here or question your parenting or anything like that, but just curious if a lot of the people here would feel comfortable letting their younger kids wait at some or all of the Metrolink stations. I don't have kids and have even less parenting skills, but I can't help to think, man, there's no way I'd drop say a 10 year old off at the station in front of Scottrade to let them catch a train.

roger wyoming II · PostMar 06, 2015#62015-03-06T19:29+00:00

^ Stix ECC only goes to 2nd grade so that was a bit of a joke. But I probably would be open to Metrolink to School around 5th or 6th grade. I might be arrested, but reasonable Free Range is desperately needed in this country.

jstriebel · PostMar 06, 2015#72015-03-06T23:21+00:00

Based on the name of the organization, I'm assuming a permanent home in Lafayette Square was always their plan. That makes it hard for me to be too upset about them leaving downtown, whether it's a loss for the area or not.

MatthewHall · PostMar 08, 2015#82015-03-08T16:01+00:00

downtown2007 wrote:Not really. We really needed this school downtown and it hurts to lose it. There are a lot of Loft dwellers that sent their kids there.

So, you are saying that this in NOT huge?

downtown2007 · PostMar 19, 2015#92015-03-19T00:43+00:00

MatthewHall wrote:
downtown2007 wrote:Not really. We really needed this school downtown and it hurts to lose it. There are a lot of Loft dwellers that sent their kids there.
So, you are saying that this in NOT huge?

Plenty of downtowners sent their kids there. Consider the opportunity cost. I was told they wanted to stay downtown but the city doesn't view downtown as a actual neighborhood and didn't cooperate.