Could the student transfer option be improving the rental housing market in the Normandy School District?
School superintendent Ty McNichols thinks it might.
He says the district added 300 students this year who had never attended Normandy schools before and only 60 of them transferred from private schools. Meanwhile, he says local mayors report that requests for occupancy permits are growing.
McNichols suspects that this translates into a stronger demand for rental homes from parents who want to take advantage of the transfer program.
Normandy is unaccredited. Under state law, students in the district are allowed to transfer to any suburban district in ºüÀêÊÓƵ County or surrounding counties, with costs paid by Normandy. Normandy is busing students for free to the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles County.
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McNichols spoke today at forum hosted by the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Society of Professional Journalists at the Missouri History Museum.