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All students are safe after Mehlville bus headed to Forder Elementary involved in accident

All students are safe after Mehlville bus headed to Forder Elementary involved in accident

May 20, 2021

All students are safe after a Mehlville School District bus headed to Forder Elementary was involved in an accident Thursday morning. The school district sent an email to parents confirming that "students...

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 11, 2021

A lower COVID-19 transmission rate in the St. Louis region and declining case averages have paved the way for Mehlville School District students to attend class five days a week in person, and with more...

Lindbergh Schools Lead Nurse Jessica Franklin is the districts 2021 Support Staff Person of the Year. Superintendent Tony Lake surprised her with the announcement Tuesday, April 27, 2021.

Lindbergh head nurse Jessica Franklin named Support Staff Person of the Year

May 10, 2021

Lindbergh Schools named the district's Lead Nurse Jessica Franklin as the 2021 Support Staff Person of the Year "for her tireless, compassionate leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic." Since March 2020,...

The Lindbergh Schools Foundation surprised (L-R) Shelli Manley, Julie Roy and Kristen Macke of Sperreng Middle School on Friday, Jan. 4 with a 2018 Spirit of Lindbergh teacher grant.

A look back: Lindbergh Foundation funds teachers’ original inventive ideas

May 9, 2021

Editor's note: The Lindbergh Foundation has been awarding grants to innovative teachers all year, but here's a look back to the ones awarded in 2019.  The Lindbergh Schools Foundation continued its...

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

May 7, 2021

Meagan Ochoa will be the principal at Oakville Elementary School beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. The Mehlville School District Board of Education unanimously voted to approve Ochoa’s hiring...

Prom, graduation require creativity in 2021

Prom, graduation require creativity in 2021

May 6, 2021

Like everything this year, proms at both Oakville and Mehlville high schools are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and will not happen as usual. A “senior event” that will be an alternative to prom...

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’s Prop S yields $3M more in ‘bond premium’

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 30, 2021

The Mehlville School District could be receiving more money from its Proposition S bond issue than it had originally bargained for due to lower interest rates, giving the district a chancse to address...

The entrance to the Concord Farmers Club, 10140 Concord School Road, with Sperreng Middle School in the background.

Lindbergh buys the Concord Farmers Club

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 28, 2021

Lindbergh Schools and the Concord Farmers Club have reached an agreement for the district to purchase the Farmers Club property located at 10140 Concord School Road. This property will provide Lindbergh...

The campaign committee for Mehlville School District’s Proposition S, Mehlville-Oakville United, hosted a donut drive-thru March 13, 2021, at Mehlville High School, Washington Middle School and Oakville Middle/Wohlwend Elementary. The event featured free donuts, “Yes on S” car painting and committee members dressed in costumes to raise awareness about the bond measure, the district’s first in over 20 years.

Mehlville Prop S makes history: Bond issue will fund secure vestibules

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 28, 2021

History was made in the Mehlville School District April 6 when voters passed the first bond issue on the ballot in the district since the 1990s, Proposition S, with over 80 percent of the vote. Projects...

Several former Lindbergh Schools Board of Education members conversed with current board members and district administrators at a luncheon on Oct. 8. Attendees included (back row, left to right) Donovan Larson, Janine Fabick, Phil Carlock, Mark Rudoff, Ken Fey, Dr. Vic Lenz, Barry Cooper, Larry McIntosh, Frank Gregory, (front row, left to right) Vice President Don Bee, William Held, Director Kate Holloway, and Secretary Karen Schuster.

A look back: Former Lindbergh board members gather in 2015

April 23, 2021

Ten former directors of the Lindbergh Schools Board of Education gathered on Oct. 8 to meet with district administrators and current Board members, and learn about issues that are affecting the district...

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