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Article: Many U.S. boarding schools `saved' by international students.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
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September 6, 2005
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Byline: David Hunn

ST. LOUIS, Mo. _ A few thousand international students have saved America's small boarding schools.

Teachers praise these pupils for their contributions to the classroom. Administrators admit schools would struggle without the extra tuition.

But now, the same schools that need foreign students may be enrolling too many.

Both U.S. and international parents have complained: Americans don't want too many overseas pupils in their schools; international parents want their children to learn English and go to a good college.

At Chaminade College Prep, in St. Louis County, Mo., admissions director Roger Hill ...

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