The Mehlville School District has received and processed feedback from its recent survey on Proposition A, which was sent to 4,000 randomly selected households within district lines. An online survey was open to an even larger sample of parents and community members. 

In total — and despite an issue with delayed mail — the district hit a 33% response rate with 1,137 completed surveys online and via mail. 

Proposition A is a zero tax-rate increase proposal that, if passed, would adapt local levies to annually generate $1.4 million for routine maintenance and infrastructure in the school district. To read more about how this would work and what projects the money would go toward, check out previous reporting by The Call.

48% of surveyed voters were strongly in support of Prop A, 15% somewhat supported it, 8% somewhat opposed it, 25% strongly opposed it and 4% marked that they were undecided.

“We could say that if the election were to have happened during that time (of the survey), we’re 95% sure that the result would land between a little less than 56% up to about more than 62%,” said Jessica Pupillo, Mehlville’s chief communications officer. 

As expected, the age category of 18-49 was most likely to strongly support Prop A, along with parents who have children in the Mehlville School District.

At Mehlville’s Aug. 21 Board of Education meeting, board members approved Prop A’s ballot language, which will read as follows: 

“Shall the Board of Education of the Mehlville R-9 School District, St. Louis County, Missouri be authorized to continue the existing operating levy of $0.0326 per $100 of assessed valuation according to the 2024 assessment and increase of the operating levy by an additional $0.0240 per $100 of assessed valuation in the debt service levy of the school district resulting in no tax increase expected to the total levy of the school district, for the limited purpose of paying costs related to buses, roofs, parking lot maintenance, IT equipment, building security, and HVAC improvements? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the school district per $100 of assessed valuation according to the 2025 assessment is estimated to be $3.4696 for residential real property, $3.7504 for commercial real property, $4.2579 for agricultural real property and $4.861 for personal property.”

Now, the proposition will be filed with the Board of Elections to be placed on the November 2025 ballot.