These Kansas City students run a credit union from inside their high school. Yes, with real money

Alexus Palacios, a senior at Winnetonka High School in the North Kansas City School District, had her mind set on becoming an interior designer and a quinceañera stylist when she graduates later this spring.

“Now, my plans have changed,” Palacios said. “I now want to be a bank teller at an actual bank.”

That’s because this school year, a CSD Credit Union branch officially opened inside the high school, making it the second student-run credit union in Missouri. Winnetonka students and staff can make deposits, open accounts and even apply for loans without leaving campus…

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