ST. PETERS — Dozens of volunteers converged on Henderson Elementary this week to help staff get the school ready for the new year after delayed construction work squeezed teachers' preparation time and left parts of the school under a layer of dust.

With school set to start on Monday, Francis Howell School District staff, parents and community members spent hours laminating labels, sweeping floors, hanging alphabet charts on walls, setting up bulletin boards and bringing boxes of supplies out of storage.

"It's truly amazing to see the number of volunteers who have stepped up to help our teachers and staff," Angie Scarfino, vice president of the school's Parent Teacher Organization, said Friday morning.

A snowstorm in January extended the school year by several days. That, in turn, del

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