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Kaitlin Kuenker is the new Mehlville girls volleyball head coach, and the team is looking to start a new chapter in its history.

Mehlville girls volleyball looking to start a new chapter with new coach

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 24, 2022

With several returning starters and a new head coach in Kaitlin Kuenker, the Mehlville Panthers are looking to start a new chapter in girls volleyball history. “So far, things are going really good,”...

Although the team is in the single-digits, the Mehlville boys cross country is working hard and having fun, said head coach Mark McNamara.

Mehlville boys cross country working hard

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 24, 2022

While their number may be in the single digits, the Mehlville boys cross country team is looking forward to the 2022 season. “As the school year starts, hopefully more boys will come out for the team,”...

The Mehlville varsity softball team posted its first winning record in nine years in 2021 and are looking forward to continuing those winning ways in 2022.

Mehlville varsity softball looks to continue last year’s success

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 24, 2022

After posting their first winning record in nine years, the Mehlville girls softball team is looking to build off of last year’s successful season. “We’re coming off the best season that we’ve...

The Mehlville girls golf team is under the guidance of a new head coach this year with top players returning for the 2022 season.

Mehlville golf has abundance of potential

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 24, 2022

With a new head coach and an abundance of potential, the Mehlville girls golf team is focused on success under first year head coach Steve Kress. “I’m super excited because I’m getting the opportunity...

The Oakville girls cross country team is off to a good start this year, said head coach Kelsey Tunze, and hopes to build on its experiences from 2021.

OHS girls cross country building on past

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 24, 2022

After experiencing some success in 2021, the Oakville girls cross country team is hoping to build on those experiences for the 2022 campaign. “We are definitely off to a good start with 40 people...

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.

Possible ballot measure could address wages, keeping ESSER interventionists

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 24, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education again discussed the possibility of putting a ballot measure before voters at its meeting Aug. 18.  The ballot measure could be in the form of a tax levy, bond, or both...

Former Oakville High School football coach Arlee Conners has taken over the Oakville boys cross country program this season.

OHS boys cross country under leadership of former football coach

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 23, 2022

As the Oakville boys cross country team enters the 2022 season, a familiar face will be coaching the Tigers. Former Oakville head football coach Arlee Conners has taken over the program and is looking...

Proposition S construction at Blades Elementary School in the Mehlville School District on Aug. 15, 2022.

‘Summer of Prop S’ still going strong

August 16, 2022

This summer saw several projects under construction across the Mehlville School District funded by the 2021 no-tax-rate increase $35 million bond Proposition S for “Safe Schools, Safe Kids,” including...

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Mehlville Board of Education approves balanced ‘22-23 budget

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 15, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education approved a “break-even” 2022-2023 budget June 23.  The 2022-2023 operating loss was initially forecast at $2 million, however the district is using $2 million in...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Mehlville Board of Education eliminates masking positivity threshold

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 9, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last week to eliminate the COVID-19 positivity threshold for masking in school buildings, starting the school year entirely mask-optional for the first time since...

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