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School districts see influx of federal funds

School districts see influx of federal funds

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 27, 2021

Every South County school district will be using an influx of federal money over the next three years to address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, in what one local school leader is calling...

Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Three years in as superintendent, Lake looking ahead for Lindbergh

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2021

Superintendent Tony Lake has spent three years at the helm of Lindbergh Schools and is set to lead the district for at least another three after the Board of Education extended his contract through 2024. After...

Lindbergh High School students, left to right, Biraj Pokhrel and Dylan Rice will send their science experiment to space as part of the global Cubes in Space program.

South County students’ experiment will fly in space

May 26, 2021

After two years of hard work, determination and a slight delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lindbergh High School students Biraj Pokhrel and Dylan Rice will send their science experiment to space as part...

GALLERY: Making the makerspace

May 3, 2021

Kennerly Elementary has a new makerspace as of the start of this year, with help from the Lindbergh Foundation. To date this school year, the foundation has awarded $14,903.58 to Lindbergh teachers and...

The entrance to the Concord Farmers Club, 10140 Concord School Road, with Sperreng Middle School in the background.

Lindbergh buys the Concord Farmers Club

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 28, 2021

Lindbergh Schools and the Concord Farmers Club have reached an agreement for the district to purchase the Farmers Club property located at 10140 Concord School Road. This property will provide Lindbergh...

Lindbergh Schools, one of the districts sued in the first suit, implemented masks mandates at various points throughout the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years depending on COVID-19 infection rates in district buildings.

Most South County school districts are in person four or five days

April 13, 2021

After starting the school year mostly virtual, most South County school districts are now back in school in person for four or five days a week. All students in the Mehlville School District will return...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

Lindbergh offers community vaccine clinic

April 12, 2021

Lindbergh Schools will be partnering with Pharmax Pharmacy to host a COVID-19 Vaccine Community Clinic at Central Office, 9350 Sappington Road, from 1-6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15. This clinic is open...

A Lindbergh teacher receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the March 30 clinic.

Teachers at Lindbergh receive vaccine

April 6, 2021

More than 450 St. Louis area school employees were vaccinated at Lindbergh Schools Central Office last week, as the district held its mass vaccine event for teachers and staff, pictured above. Lindbergh...

Crestwood budget funds sidewalks by Lindbergh, cemetery fix

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 4, 2021

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted the city’s 2021 budget Nov. 24, funding sidewalk construction near Lindbergh schools and preservation efforts at the Sappington Cemetery. As proposed,...

Lindbergh teacher at Sperreng honored as one of SSD’s best

Lindbergh teacher at Sperreng honored as one of SSD’s best

March 2, 2021

Sperreng Middle School teacher Adam Taylor has been selected to receive a 2021 Key to the Classroom Award from Special School District, honoring his achievements and dedication for service to students....

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