ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A once-vacant school building in South St. Louis is open again, bringing both excitement and new challenges to the community.

Gateway Science Academy has moved its middle school students into the Princeton Heights neighborhood at the former Our Lady of Sorrows school building off Kingshighway Boulevard and Rhodes Avenue, which had been empty for about a decade.

Superintendent Engin Blackstone says enrollment at the charter has been climbing steadily, up more than 10% year over year. That increase and the goal of growing STEM opportunities for students prompted the need for additional space, school officials say.

“It has been a dream for us to have a standalone middle school campus building, and that dream became reality,” Blackstone said.

The move allow

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