First day of school arrives with calls for a boycott

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis' cash-strapped city schools rang in a new school year under tight security Monday as demonstrators, some carrying children in fake coffins, called for a student boycott over a move to shutter 16 schools.

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