Thank you @ReneKnottSports #TISL @ksdknews for the story with our Excel Center graduate! It IS about second chances. @excelcentermo #STLexcelcenter #secondchances ksdk.com/video/news/loc…

And the #STLExcelCenter is officially open! Thank you @SenatorNasheed for doing the honors 🎀✂️🎉🎊🎈

Thank you Senator! #STLExcelCenter

Thank you too to Sen. @walshgina for her stirring speech applauding our #STLExcelCenter students for their decision to achieve their diplomas and speaking on the opportunities that will open before them... 💪

Many guests & speakers here from the MO legislature have remarked on the broad bipartisan support the MO Excel Center project received throughout its inception... “real teamwork across the aisle” 🤝🌎❤️💙 #STLExcelCenter

The loudest applause has come (twice now) when first @SenatorNasheed and then our board chair Mr Darryl Jones have asked the students in the room to raise their hands, to highlight and honor them for taking this big first step towards realizing their dreams 👏👏👏 #STLExcelCenter

Rep. @travisfitzwater finishes his speech by calling the creation of the MO ExcelCenters perhaps his “crowning achievement,” and that when looking back on his time is the legislature: “there’s nothing I can be more proud of.” 😭🙏 #ustoo #STLExcelCenter

Rep. Peter Merideth of the MO House of Reps on the opening of 3 MO adult high schools: “This is really huge for us. We see this as an investment in our state... in the best way: an investment in our people.” #STLExcelCenter

Opening speaker @SenatorNasheed begins her powerful and emotional speech w the inspiring words of fellow Missourian George Washington Carver. 🔑🔑🔑 #STLExcelCenter

For those who’ve ever been inside our HQ (Aftergut), the difference is IMMEDIATELY apparent... 🤩🤩🤩 #STLExcelCenter