Hawthorn Leadership School opens as Missouri's only public girls' school

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Hawthorn Leadership School opens as Missouri's only public girls' school

By Elisa Crouch

ST. LOUIS • Girls in white shirts and pleated gray skirts streamed into Hawthorn Leadership School on Monday, through the arched limestone doorways that overlook North Kingshighway.

The lobby filled with jitters as Hawthorn — the first girls-only public school in Missouri — was about to start its inaugural year. Kimmeran Cade, a sixth-grader, said she was excited but nervous. Her classmate Sophia Beckmann smiled and gave her mom a hug goodbye...