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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Mehlville changes school calendar due to Legislature’s new start time

Mehlville changes school calendar due to Legislature’s new start time

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 6, 2020

Students in the Mehlville School District will start school over a week later than originally planned for the 2020-2021 school year, after the Missouri Legislature passed changes requiring that schools...

Mehlville Board of Education member Jean Pretto and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher discuss the 2020 budget during a meeting June 5, 2019 at Mehlville High School.

Mehlville rolls back tax rate; home values up 12 percent

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 29, 2019

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously voted to roll back the district’s blended tax rate 35 cents during its annual tax-rate hearing Sept. 24, ahead of tax bills due Dec. 31. Chief Financial...

Mehlville students at Blades are looking forward with 2020 New Years resolutions

Mehlville students at Blades are looking forward with 2020 New Year’s resolutions

December 26, 2019

Blades Elementary fourth-graders came up with New Year’s resolutions they’ll work on this year. Connor — My resolution is to work better. Ulpiana — I want to try to be more creative. For example,...

Read South County students 2019 Letters to Santa

Read South County students’ 2019 Letters to Santa

December 24, 2019

Tonight's the big night! Christmas Eve, the night many children wait for all year. Like always, NORAD will be tracking Santa worldwide from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. At 4 a.m. Mountain...

Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

Competitive elections set for Sunset Hills mayor, Mehlville

December 23, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Candidate filing began last week for the April 7 elections across South County, setting up a competitive race for Sunset Hills Mayor Pat Fribis...

Competitive races for Sunset Hills mayor, Mehlville school board after first days of filing

Competitive races for Sunset Hills mayor, Mehlville school board after first days of filing

December 19, 2019

Candidate filing began Tuesday for the April 7 election for Crestwood and Sunset Hills mayor, along with municipal offices and school board positions across South County. So far, the highlights of the...

Bearded dragon tops the wish list that Trautwein students send to Santa

Bearded dragon tops the wish list that Trautwein students send to Santa

December 19, 2019

The classes of Jeni Granda and Camie Hardin send these letters to Santa   Dear Santa: Okay here’s the deal Santa, Lemon and I have been watching the house, and me. Anyway I know I’ve already...

‘When did you start dating Mrs. Claus?’ among South Countys questions to Santa

‘When did you start dating Mrs. Claus?’ among South County’s questions to Santa

December 19, 2019

All Rogers Elementary School second-grade students got a chance to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.   Dear Santa: Thank you for the hard work. You are super nice. I want some crystals,...

The story behind Mehlville assignment that made world headlines

The story behind Mehlville assignment that made world headlines

December 17, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A Mehlville School District teacher got international attention for an assignment asking students to “set your price for a slave,” but...

The Lindbergh Central Office at the former site of Johnnys Market at Sappington and Gravois roads.

Lindbergh is no longer writing Santa letters

December 17, 2019

Students from Lindbergh Schools and the Mehlville School District have written Santa letters that have appeared in The Call since 2007, but this year Lindbergh officials decided that students in their...

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