South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Crestwood Elementary School physical education and health teacher Darrion Cockrell was honored as Lindbergh Schools Teacher of the Year during a surprise announcement April 14.

Lindbergh teacher is named a finalist for 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year

August 27, 2020

A Lindbergh Schools teacher at Crestwood Elementary is a finalist for 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced Thursday the seven finalists...

Mehlville Superintendent Gaines: Getting back in school depends on you

Mehlville Superintendent Gaines: Getting back in school depends on you

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

The Mehlville School District will be kicking off school this week with an all-virtual start due to rising COVID-19 cases in South County, and Superintendent Chris Gaines was straightforward about how...

Workers make repairs and repaint the Mehlville School District pool. Photo courtesy of the Mehlville School District.

No bond issue in November: Mehlville measure is on hold

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 24, 2020

The Mehlville Board of Education declined last week to place a no-tax-rate-increase bond issue on the Nov. 3 ballot. The board cited concerns that the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic as well...

Pictured: The student board of directors of the St. Louis Fed, including three South County students.

Federal Reserve Bank student board features South County high-schoolers

August 19, 2020

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced the members of its 2020-2021 student board of directors last week. High-school seniors from across the greater St. Louis area are selected to serve on the...

The Point Eagle mascot passes out Chromebooks at a drive-thru event in March 2020.

Despite widespread interest, only one parent speaks on holding Mehlville classes in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 17, 2020

With all the discussion going on about whether schools should start in person or virtually this fall, only one parent came to the Mehlville Board of Education’s Aug. 5 meeting where the board decided...

Green and Gold-themed kicks seen at the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020s drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in June.

Lindbergh moves back first day of school for students, updates calendar

August 12, 2020

The first day of school for K-12 students in Lindbergh Schools will now fall on Thursday, Aug. 27, following a Board of Education vote Tuesday night to move back the start of school three days from its...

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

All South County school districts go virtual, with Lindbergh keeping K-3 in classroom

By Gloria Lloyd and Erin Achenbach August 12, 2020

All five South County school districts are mostly going virtual to start the school year due to rising cases of the coronavirus in St. Louis County. Four of the five districts —  Mehlville, Affton,...

Deadline to enroll for Mehlville virtual school Mehlville@Home is Monday

Deadline to enroll for Mehlville virtual school Mehlville@Home is Monday

August 9, 2020

The deadline to enroll in the Mehlville School District’s virtual school, Mehlville@Home, is Monday, Aug. 10. Students who choose the all-virtual school — which will be taught separately than the...

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

Bayless votes for an all-virtual start to the school year

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 6, 2020

The Bayless Board of Education voted at an in-person special meeting Wednesday night to begin the 2020-2021 school year with all-virtual school as coronavirus cases in the St. Louis region continue to...

Members of the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020 graduate in masks at an outdoor drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in Hazelwood in June 2020.

Lindbergh will start school year with K-3 students in person, all virtual for 4-12

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 6, 2020

Lindbergh Schools will start school this fall with only students third grade and younger in the buildings, while all students from fourth grade through high school will be attending virtually due to the...

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