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Stacey Wright sits with her kids outside Jefferson Elementary School as they wait for the doors to open. Her kids from left to right are Doreon Dubose, 5, Diamond Lofton, 8, Ebony Wright  and Everest Wright, 12 (sitting on the railing.)Wright is participating in a new program that is offering parents a cash incentive to enroll their children at Jefferson, a St. Louis city school. To get it, the kids must finish this semester with near-perfect attendance and receive no out-of-school suspensions; the parent must attend three PTO meetings. The program is being offered to families in three mixed-income housing complexes surrounding the school, where most of the students live.

Stacey Wright sits with her kids outside Jefferson Elementary School as they wait for the doors to open. Her kids from left to right are Doreon Dubose, 5, Diamond Lofton, 8, Ebony Wright and Everest Wright, 12 (sitting on the railing.)Wright is participating in a new program that is offering parents a cash incentive to enroll their children at Jefferson, a St. Louis city school. To get it, the kids must finish this semester with near-perfect attendance and receive no out-of-school suspensions; the parent must attend three PTO meetings. The program is being offered to families in three mixed-income housing complexes surrounding the school, where most of the students live.