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Clayton Schools Earn What Parents Want Award
The award recognizes attributes such as competitive test scores and teacher salaries.

The has been named a recipient of the What Parents Want Award, a news release from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) states.
A total of 29 Missouri schools won the award from SchoolMatch, which looked at qualities parents seek in schools. Those attributes include competitiveness in test scores and teacher salaries, accreditation, library expenditures and more.
Other St. Louis school districts to receive the award include those in Ladue, University City and Brentwood.
Read more about the award in the complete DESE news release.
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