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What’s Your Why?
Is St. Louis Ready? Are You Ready?
Let’s Make a Recovery High School Happen by Fall 2026!
The Missouri State Board of Education will decide on December 9 whether to approve a Recovery High School in St. Louis — and we need your help to show them that our city is ready.
Here’s the truth: every hour, every voice, every dollar — the time, talent, and treasure of St. Louisans — have already made this vision possible. Together, we’ve built something powerful:
- A Robust Launch Team: Young people, families, and professionals united behind the future of youth recovery in St. Louis.
- State Support: Two major laws passed and $100 million approved to launch four Recovery High Schools statewide.
- Community Partnerships: Schools, treatment centers, behavioral-health providers, juvenile justice, youth-serving agencies, and city officials all at the table.
- Youth Leadership: A Youth Advisory Board ensuring young people’s voices stay front and center.
- Public Engagement: Monthly meetings, community events, and the first-ever Youth SUD Summit bringing families and leaders together.
- Press & Media: Coverage in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, community papers, and on NBC and Fox News — with a growing social-media movement building awareness and hope.
Now we need your voice.
Sign the petition. Share your Why.
- Why do you believe St. Louis students in recovery deserve this school?
- Who or what inspires you to support it?
- What makes you ready to help make it happen by Fall 2026?
Because honestly… recovery is better with toasted ravioli!
Updates
May 3, 2025
The conversations happening behind the scenes with our partners are shifting from speculative talk to concrete planning. It is encouraging to see how these connections are taking root as we move toward the final review process.
May 3, 2025
Seeing this movement grow confirms that St. Louis is ready to prioritize the health and future of our students. This momentum reflects a collective commitment to building a space where young people can find both academic success and lasting recovery. We are building something that will shift the landscape for families across our city.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2025
38 Comments
I am a mental health therapist. I think this will be a change for a lot of kids struggling with mental health and substance abuse.
My son graduated from Central High School but was estranged from his friends there because he was in a recovery group. A high school for kids in recovery would have alleviated the stress of that situation.
Please do this. My daughter can no longer attend school due to drugs being everywhere.
As a pastor, I’ve connected with lots of families who need support for their teen struggling with subsistence. We need a safe school for them to recover.
This is so very important for at risk kids. I have a grandson who has not been in school for quite a bit because school was not safe for him. What a shame that he could not have studied w sober kids. But he has been sober for almost a year - one day at a time. Please make this school happen!!
This program can reach teens across the entire St. Louis region impacted by substance abuse. It can offer an option that could help change the trajectory of a child's life.
Teens in our community need this option to achieve and maintain sobriety.
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What’s Your Why?
Is St. Louis Ready? Are You Ready?
Let’s Make a Recovery High School Happen by Fall 2026!
The Missouri State Board of Education will decide on December 9 whether to approve a Recovery High School in St. Louis — and we need your help to show them that our city is ready.
Here’s the truth: every hour, every voice, every dollar — the time, talent, and treasure of St. Louisans — have already made this vision possible. Together, we’ve built something powerful:
- A Robust Launch Team: Young people, families, and professionals united behind the future of youth recovery in St. Louis.
- State Support: Two major laws passed and $100 million approved to launch four Recovery High Schools statewide.
- Community Partnerships: Schools, treatment centers, behavioral-health providers, juvenile justice, youth-serving agencies, and city officials all at the table.
- Youth Leadership: A Youth Advisory Board ensuring young people’s voices stay front and center.
- Public Engagement: Monthly meetings, community events, and the first-ever Youth SUD Summit bringing families and leaders together.
- Press & Media: Coverage in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, community papers, and on NBC and Fox News — with a growing social-media movement building awareness and hope.
Now we need your voice.
Sign the petition. Share your Why.
- Why do you believe St. Louis students in recovery deserve this school?
- Who or what inspires you to support it?
- What makes you ready to help make it happen by Fall 2026?
Because honestly… recovery is better with toasted ravioli!
Updates
May 3, 2025
The conversations happening behind the scenes with our partners are shifting from speculative talk to concrete planning. It is encouraging to see how these connections are taking root as we move toward the final review process.
May 3, 2025
Seeing this movement grow confirms that St. Louis is ready to prioritize the health and future of our students. This momentum reflects a collective commitment to building a space where young people can find both academic success and lasting recovery. We are building something that will shift the landscape for families across our city.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2025
38 Comments
My why is my Dad, whose addiction began at 12 years old and who died at 58 from his addiction. Recovery is hard. We can make it possible.
I am a mental health therapist. I think this will be a change for a lot of kids struggling with mental health and substance abuse.
My son graduated from Central High School but was estranged from his friends there because he was in a recovery group. A high school for kids in recovery would have alleviated the stress of that situation.
Please do this. My daughter can no longer attend school due to drugs being everywhere.
As a pastor, I’ve connected with lots of families who need support for their teen struggling with subsistence. We need a safe school for them to recover.
This is so very important for at risk kids. I have a grandson who has not been in school for quite a bit because school was not safe for him. What a shame that he could not have studied w sober kids. But he has been sober for almost a year - one day at a time. Please make this school happen!!
This program can reach teens across the entire St. Louis region impacted by substance abuse. It can offer an option that could help change the trajectory of a child's life.
Teens in our community need this option to achieve and maintain sobriety.
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My why is my Dad, whose addiction began at 12 years old and who died at 58 from his addiction. Recovery is hard. We can make it possible.