Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience

Documents seized from the shooter’s car contained diagrams of the building, including notes that the gymnasium would be the first target.

The shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in October 2022 left a student and teacher dead. Police killed the suspect, a 19-year-old former student of CVPA.

While friendship has helped Mikayla Sanders, Axel Cortes and Raniyah Taylor recover from the initial trauma of last year’s school shooting, there is still a lot of healing to be done.

Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are processing difficult emotions as they reflect on the upcoming anniversary of the deadly shooting in the school building they share with Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.

Lawmakers in Jefferson City refused to consider any gun restrictions during the 2023 legislative session, despite pleas from students affected by the south St. Louis school shooting. Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen have tried to fill in the gaps with their limited power.

Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are set to start virtual instruction on Wednesday and return to in-person learning the following week or by the end of the month at the latest. There is no timeline yet for their counterparts at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to return to class, whether in person or virtually.

Alexzandria Bell, 15, was killed Monday in a school shooting in St. Louis. Friends and loved ones remember her as a vibrant person who loved to dance.

St. Louis Public Schools will make mental health support available to students and staff as long as it is needed.

Police said the shooter had more than 600 rounds of ammunition when he entered the building shared by Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and the Collegiate School of Medicine and Biosciences. They are urging people to speak up if someone shows they are struggling with mental health.

The bioscience-themed high school lacks permanent laboratories. But students are skeptical of moving to a new site.