The Mehlville School District will sponsor 17 informational meetings regarding the district’s proposed 97-cent tax-rate in-crease that voters will consider Tuesday, Feb. 7.
At each meeting, Superintendent Tim Ricker or another district administrator will present information about the ballot measure, called Proposition A for academics.
A district-produced informational video also will be presented, followed by a question-and-answer period. Each meeting is scheduled to last an hour, with district officials remaining afterward to answer individual questions.
The first meeting will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Bierbaum Accelerated Elementary School, 2050 Union Road. The remaining meetings will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. next week over three consecutive nights.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Oakville High School, 5557 Milburn Road.
Washington Middle School, 5165 Ambs Road.
Beasley Elementary School, 3131 Koch Road.
Oakville Elementary School, 2911 Yaeger Road.
Wohlwend Elementary School, 5966 Telegraph Road.
Wednesday, Jan, 18
John Cary Early Childhood Center, 3155 Koch Road.
Margaret Buerkle Middle School, 623 Buckley Road.
Oakville Middle School, 5950 Tele-graph Road.
Forder Elementary School, 623 Ripa Ave.
Hagemann Elementary School, 6401 Hagemann Road.
Blades Elementary School, 5140 Pat-terson Road.
Thursday, Jan, 19
Mehlville High School, 3200 Lemay Ferry Road.
Bernard Middle School, 1054 Forder Road.
Rogers Elementary School, 7700 Fine Road.
Point Elementary School, 6790 Tel-egraph Road.
Trautwein Accelerated Elementary School, 5011 Ambs Road.
In November, the Board of Education voted 6-1 with board member Karl Frank Jr. opposed to place the 97-cent tax-rate increase on the Feb. 7 ballot. As proposed, the tax-rate increase would be used to help fund the new Comprehensive School Im-provement Plan developed by the district’s Long Range Planning Committee.
