The Mehlville School District has been seeking community feedback via survey on a new plan to adapt existing levies. Surveys were sent to a random sample of 4,000 registered voters, but many of these surveys seemed to be delayed in the post. After receiving the mailer shortly before or after the initial June 28 deadline, residents took to email and the Internet for answers.

As of the evening of June 29, the district had received 148 responses through the link in the mail survey; the goal is 400 responses. Jessica Pupillo, Mehlville School District’s director of communications, suspects mailed responses will begin to trickle in towards Fourth of July weekend.

Residents who received the survey late — or residents who didn’t receive a mailed survey, but would like to contribute feedback anyway — can submit their responses to MehlvilleSDcommunity.com. 

There is still time to return responses via mail as well. Superintendent Jeff Haug has encouraged mailer recipients to disregard the deadline.

The survey is being conducted by Opinion Research Specialists, a market researcher in Springfield, Missouri. They randomized a list of recent and registered district voters to get a representative sample of the population; those selected were sent the survey.

The proposal requiring feedback is a zero-tax rate increase proposal that would adopt local levies in the hopes of generating an annual $1.4 million for routine maintenance and infrastructure in the Mehlville School District. The Board of Education will need to discuss in the coming months whether this measure should be added to the November 2025 or April 2026 ballot. 

For more information on how the levy plan works, check out previous reporting from The Call.