Editing Rock Hill, Missouri (section)

== Education ==
Since 1948 Rock Hill has been part of the [[Webster Groves School District]]. Three public schools are within the city's borders:
*Hudson Elementary School<ref>[http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=8 Hudson Elementary School]</ref>
* Givens Elementary School (formerly Steger Sixth Grade Center and Computer School) <ref>[http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=10 Webster groves givens elementary ]</ref><ref>[http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=9 Steger Sixth Grade Center]</ref>

Rock Hill School District comprised Rock Hill, parts of Ladue, Warson Woods, Kirkwood, Brentwood and Webster Groves; and was one of the first districts formed in St. Louis County.<ref name="schoolsBlann"/> Rock Hill #I on Manchester and Rock Hill Road was established in 1909. In 1911 enrollment was 270. In 1912 two more elementary schools were built.<ref name="Early"/><ref name="schoolsBlann"/> In 1920 Rock Hill #II passed on to Brentwood when the city split from Rock Hill School District to form its own school district. Rock Hill #I was expanded with a three-story addition in 1930, the same year Rock Hill #III was razed. In 1945 ten acres were purchased for construction of a junior high school, later also a senior high school, which is today Hudson Elementary School. It was designed by Ernest J. Friton. In July 1948, voters opted to merge the district with [[Webster Groves School District]]. The Webster Groves School Board accepted the merge in September. Enrollment in Rock Hill School District was 435 at the time. Rock Hill superintendent T. Dean Adams was named as principal of Rock Hill's two schools.<ref>{{cite news |title=Schools of Rock Hill Absorbed by Webster; Tax Rate To Increase |work=The St. Louis Star-Times |date=2 September 1948 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/204286735/?terms=%22Rock%2BHill%22 }}</ref> Rock Hill #I was renamed after long-time Rock Hill school board president Ed Schall. The [[NAACP]] sued and won the right for students on the north side of Lithia Avenue to attend Schall after schools were legally integrated in 1956.

In May 1958, Webster Groves School District voters passed a bond issue for the construction of a $1.6 million junior high school in Rock Hill and a second junior high school abutting [[Webster Groves High School|Webster Groves Senior High School]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bonds Approved For 2 Webster Groves Schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/140461988/?terms=%22rock%2Bhill%22%2B%22junior%2Bhigh%22 |access-date=28 October 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=9 May 1958}}</ref> Steger Junior High, named after Webster Groves Superintendent Leonard Steger, was built in 1960. Steger was converted to an elementary school amid budget cuts in 1978 as part of a district-wide reorganization plan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Kenneth |title=Webster Groves School's $8 Million Budget 'Austere' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/139160218 |access-date=28 October 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=15 June 1978}}</ref> In 1983 the school district finalized plans to consolidate sixth grade teaching at Steger.<ref name="Sixth">{{cite news |title=Webster To Consolidate Its 6th-Grade Classes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/139988429/?terms=%22sixth%2Bgrade%22%2B%22rock%2Bhill%22%2B%22steger%22 |access-date=28 October 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=13 September 1983}}</ref>

Schall School was rebuilt in 1965, then transferred to Special School District of St. Louis County in 1975. Enrollment was 172.<ref name="schoolsBlann">{{cite book|last1=Wagner Blann|first1=Celeste|title=A History of Rock Hill|date=1976|pages=14–17|publisher=Celeste Wagner Blann|chapter=Schools}}</ref> Hudson was closed in 1978 and reopened in 1984 after remodeling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140833442/|title=School has a Problem at Lunch|last=English|first=Nordeka|date=17 September 1984|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref> Schall was made a Department of Motor Vehicles office circa 1982.<ref name="Climbing">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140742418/|title=Climbing Toward A Sold Image|date=28 June 1982|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref>

;Rock Hill Preschool
From c. 1974 Rock Hill Preschool operated out of the Parks and Recreation building on North Rock Hill Road.
In March 2007 the city eliminated the preschool program as a cost-saving measure. Mayor Morgan voted against the preschool the next month when a second aldermanic vote came down to a tie.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jarrett|first1=Linda|title=Rock Hill Votes To Eliminate City Preschool|url=http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-News-c-2007-04-12-67441.113117-sub-Rock-Hill-Votes-To-Eliminate-City-Preschool.html|access-date=17 May 2017|work=Webster-Kirkwood Times|date=13 April 2007}}</ref>