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Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

October 5, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously set its 2021 tax rate — which governs how much taxpayers pay in their property taxes due Dec. 31 — at a Sept. 29 tax-rate hearing.  The...

Mehlville science professor named Project Lead The Way Outstanding Teacher

Mehlville science professor named Project Lead The Way Outstanding Teacher

October 1, 2021

Mehlville High School announced Sept. 21 that science teacher Kristin Busch received recognition as a 2021-22 Project Lead the Way Outstanding Teacher.  The honor was received for her commitment to...

Mehlville Fire examines preliminary yearly budget before December hearing

Mehlville Fire examines preliminary yearly budget before December hearing

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 30, 2021

As part of the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s yearly tax rate updates, a preliminary budget is developed with the final budget to be approved in December. Chief Financial Officer Brian Bond...

Lindbergh grading strategies presented at Board of Education meeting

Lindbergh grading strategies presented at Board of Education meeting

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 30, 2021

Lindbergh School District’s grading strategies were presented to the Board of Education Sept. 16 in an effort to educate the board on standards-based grading in kindergarten through fifth grade. Standards-based...

County Planning Commission hears plan for Lindbergh Dunkin’/Fortune Bank

County Planning Commission hears plan for Lindbergh Dunkin’/Fortune Bank

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 30, 2021

A zoning request for a drive-thru at 5228 S. Lindbergh Blvd. was heard by the St. Louis County Planning Commission Sept. 13. The proposed use is a joint Dunkin’ Donuts and Fortune Bank location. The...

Modified quarantine policy helps keep Lindbergh students in class

Modified quarantine policy helps keep Lindbergh students in class

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 29, 2021

Lindbergh School District’s reopening plan has worked so far, with 83 students benefiting from St. Louis County’s modified quarantine opportunity. Modified quarantine is a tool granted to any St....

Dicussion about possible EMoPP changes continue at Mehlville Fire

Dicussion about possible EMoPP changes continue at Mehlville Fire

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 29, 2021

Changes to the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Employee Manual of Policies and Procedures were called into question Sept. 22 as deliberation continued from earlier this month. Captain Ty Cardona,...

Mehlville Fire District approves purchase of 2022 ambulance and chassis

Mehlville Fire District approves purchase of 2022 ambulance and chassis

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 28, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors approved a plan Sept. 22 to spend around $281,000 on a 2022 ambulance. Fire Chief Brian Hendricks said it was crucial to get the plan approved...

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 raises health insurance rates for first time in six years

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 28, 2021

For the first time since 2015, the Mehlville School District has increased its health insurance rates for district employees.  At the Board of Education meeting Sept. 16, the board unanimously voted...

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...

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