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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Lindbergh energy audit, performance contracting is saving energy while funding facilities

Lindbergh energy audit, performance contracting is saving energy while funding facilities

December 28, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After an energy audit earlier this year, Lindbergh Schools will start funding deferred facilities maintenance districtwide using money saved...

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Lindbergh rolls back its tax rates; property values are lower on appeal

December 11, 2019

Taxpayers in Lindbergh Schools are paying about the same in taxes on average, but with a lower tax rate this year after the Lindbergh Board of Education authorized a 31-cent rollback of Lindbergh Schools’...

Pictured above: The proposed synthetic turf layout for the Lindbergh High School stadium.

Lindbergh installs turf fields as first Prop R improvement

October 16, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh High School’s football and soccer stadium will be upgraded to a turf field this spring as part of the improvements voters approved...

Lindbergh Schools rolls back its tax rate due to higher property values

Lindbergh Schools rolls back its tax rate due to higher property values

October 4, 2019

The Lindbergh Board of Education authorized a 31-cent rollback of Lindbergh Schools’ blended tax rate during its annual tax-rate hearing Sept. 24. The board voted 7-0 to approve a blended tax rate...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Lindbergh votes for a new food company

June 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools will switch its food vendor next year to a new one. Southwest Food Service Excellence LLC will replace Chartwells as Lindbergh’s...

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

June 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools will soon have half of its $105 million bond issue for a new high school in hand after a $40 million bond sale last week. The...

Incoming Lindbergh Superintendent Tony Lake, center, visits Lindbergh High School last week with current Superintendent Jim Simpson, left, and LHS Principal Eric Cochran. Lake will succeed Simpson, who is retiring June 30 after serving as superintendent for the past 10 years.

Spike in Lindbergh property values is good news for $91 million budget

May 14, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  Thanks to a steep jump in property values across Lindbergh Schools, the school district’s $91 million budget is in better shape than it...

Superintendent Tony Lake, right, talks to Lindbergh teachers at Central Office just after taking his new job as Lindbergh superintendent in 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Lindbergh board approves teacher raises of 6 percent

April 30, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools created a new teacher salary schedule this year that increases pay for teachers and won 97 percent approval from the Lindbergh...

Our Call: Lindbergh’s finances well-run; Lake excels as leader

Our Call: Lindbergh’s finances well-run; Lake excels as leader

March 21, 2019

Editorial Lindbergh Schools is asking the public to vote for a $105 million no-tax-rate-increase bond issue next month, called Prop R for Safe and Ready. The bond issue would not increase the district’s...

Without Prop R, Lindbergh’s taxes decrease by the 2030s

Without Prop R, Lindbergh’s taxes decrease by the 2030s

March 12, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd  News Editor  glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools has a no-tax-rate-increase $105 million bond issue on the ballot next month, but if voters don’t approve keeping the...

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