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Buffaloes along Lemay Ferry Road? Inflatable turkeys along Telegraph? Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue donned eye-catching costumes at the 2021 ‘donut drive-thru’ at Mehlville High that featured MHS students, above, with junior Emma Maxwell as the Bierbaum Buffalo mascot. Similar sign rallies were also held in Oakville. Another ‘donut drive-thru’ to rally for Prop S was set at the same schools Saturday, April 3.

Mehlville Proposition S facility updates will begin ‘in earnest’ this winter

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 28, 2021

Work is underway in the Mehlville School District on projects funded by Proposition S, the $35 million no-tax-rate-increase bond measure being used to fund facility and security enhancements across the...

Green Park aldermen pass streetlight plan

Green Park aldermen pass streetlight plan

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 27, 2021

Several citizens focused their public comments on the potentially hazardous Green Park Road area at Green Park’s Board of Aldermen meeting Sept. 20. Currently the road has no street lights, and citizens...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

In annual address, Gaines talks enrollment, strategic plan

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 22, 2021
District enrollment higher this year compared to last
Mehlville Fire amends employee pension plan

Mehlville Fire amends employee pension plan

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 15, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors amended the employee pension plan for the first time since 1989 at its meeting Sept. 8. Chief Financial Officer Brian Bond said when the plan...

Green Park City Hall

Green Park will get new city website

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 27, 2021

The city of Green Park will be getting a new website this year, as well as moving to a cloud-based server for city documents.  At the January Board of Aldermen meeting, City Administrator James Mello...

With parents and a student sitting behind him socially distanced, Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines presents bond issue information to the Board of Education, including conceptual drawings, at the Oct. 15, 2020, board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ then board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Mehlville Board of Education could vote on strategic plan next month

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 25, 2021

Work is wrapping up on the next iteration of the Mehlville School District’s strategic plan, with a vote by the Board of Education expected sometime in September.  Superintendent Chris Gaines told...

Lindbergh Schools, one of the districts sued in the first suit, implemented masks mandates at various points throughout the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years depending on COVID-19 infection rates in district buildings.

Lindbergh will require face coverings for all

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter August 18, 2021

Lindbergh Schools will require face coverings for all students, staff, teachers and visitors regardless of vaccination status for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. The school district joins surrounding...

Lindbergh changes board meeting day

Lindbergh changes board meeting day

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 23, 2021

The Lindbergh Board of Education announced their scheduled meeting times are moving to the third Thursday of each month at their meeting July 13, as opposed to the second Tuesday meeting used in the past. Superintendent...

Green Park City Hall

Green Park may update city code to address residential medical facilities

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 22, 2021

Green Park is considering adding language to its city code to address residential medical facilities and group homes in the city, spurred by a lawsuit on a similar issue against St. Louis County and a...

Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Lindbergh Board of Education kicks off diversity and equity training; public weighs in

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 22, 2021

The Lindbergh Schools Board of Education moved forward with the first step of their new equity and diversity training last week with a presentation on how and why the training is being implemented. The...

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