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Proposition S construction at Blades Elementary School in the Mehlville School District on Aug. 15, 2022.

District will use other funds for some Prop S projects

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 23, 2023

Rising construction and labor costs have forced the Mehlville School District to find alternative funding methods for some facility projects originally slated to be covered by Proposition S. The Mehlville...

Mehlville School District students and staff thank voters for their support for Prop E after the election April 4. Prop E passed with almost 64 percent of the vote.

Voters approve first levy increase in Mehlville School District since 2015

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor April 25, 2023

The Mehlville School District passed its first tax rate increase in almost 10 years April 4 when voters approved Proposition E with over 63% of the vote. Proposition E, for “Ensuring high-quality teachers...

Supporters make case for Mehlville Proposition E

Supporters make case for Mehlville Proposition E

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor March 21, 2023

Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition E on the ballot Tuesday, April 4, are hoping the school district’s voters approve the first tax rate increase since 2015. Proposition E, for...

Jeff Haug

Mehlville School District announces next superintendent

March 15, 2023

The Mehlville School District hired its next superintendent. Jeff Haug, chief operations officer for Special School District of St. Louis, will take the helm July 1 the district announced Monday. He...

In the Rogers Elementary first-day-of-school scavenger hunt in 2019, second-grader Aleah Jacobsmeyer, right, and other students went straight to the top for help, asking Superintendent Chris Gaines if he fit any of their categories. He checked the box ‘I like vegetables.’

Superintendent looks back on eight years with district

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 21, 2023

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines is retiring in August after eight years with the school district. Gaines’s official last day is Aug. 31. When he retires, he’ll have completed...

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines retiring in August

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines retiring in August

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor January 20, 2023

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines announced Friday that he would retire in August after eight years with the school district. Gaines, then the superintendent of the Wright City...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

Levy increase needed by ‘24 to keep Mehlville ESSER positions

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor November 22, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education again reviewed the possibility of placing a tax-rate increase on a future ballot at its meeting last week. For the past several months since June, the Board of Education...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

Mehlville Board of Education reviews options on asking voters for levy increase

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 20, 2022

Voters in the Mehlville School District could consider a tax levy increase to retain education supports as soon as April 2023. For the past two months, the Mehlville Board of Education has reviewed...

Proposition S construction at Blades Elementary School in the Mehlville School District on Aug. 15, 2022.

School facilities improved over Mehlville summer break

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 14, 2022

Several facilities projects in the Mehlville School District were completed this summer, with others scheduled to be completed throughout the school year and into next summer.  Projects included kitchen...

Board hears summer Prop S updates

Board hears summer Prop S updates

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 1, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education heard an update on several Proposition S projects that began this summer at a board meeting Aug. 18 ahead of the first day of school Aug. 22.  Several Prop S projects...

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