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The Sumner High School Alumni Association greeted current students at Stevens Middle School after the historic high school was temporarily closed due to damage from the May 16 tornado.

District officials said families should have all bus route information no later than Friday.

The school transportation company said the decision to cut jobs comes after St. Louis Public Schools chose not to renew its contract for the next school year.

After weeks in limbo, the St. Louis County school district says it was able to access more than $8 million in federal funding to pay for its full electric school bus order.

The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.

St. Louis Public Schools has named Kacy Davis as its new head of transportation after the previous director, Toyin Akinola, retired in October. The district will implement a new policy to require all parents of current SLPS students to re-enroll their children for the next school year.

Leviticus McNeal is the new assistant director of transportation for St. Louis Public Schools. His hiring comes as the district cut ties with a transportation vendor who did not comply with safety standards.

District officials revised their transportation system earlier this week, providing yellow buses for nearly 1,000 additional students.

St. Louis Public Schools District officials say two of its transportation providers have informed them that they cannot provide the number of school buses the district had in its plan.

As concerns about student transportation, hiring and financial woes at SLPS have unfolded in recent weeks, Missouri state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says his office will audit the school district's operations and finances beginning Tuesday.