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South St. Louis County News

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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 approves universal free breakfast at three schools

Mehlville approves universal free breakfast at three schools

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 24, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved a universal free breakfast program at Beasley, Bierbaum and Forder elementaries for the 2022-2023 school year at the board's Oct. 20 meeting.  A...

Mehlville Board of Education member Jean Pretto and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher discuss the 2020 budget during a meeting June 5, 2019 at Mehlville High School.

Mehlville Board of Education hears Prop R report, meeting goals in target spending areas

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 26, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education heard a report last week on Proposition R spending during fiscal year 2022.  Mehlville’s Prop R was an $8 million, 49-cent tax-rate increase approved in November...

Mehlville School District to hold tax rate hearing Tuesday

Mehlville School District to hold tax rate hearing Tuesday

September 22, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education is hosting its annual tax rate public hearing Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Bernard Middle School, 1054 Forder Road. Citizens will have the chance to voice their opinions...

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...

Upgrades at Beasley Elementary School, 3131 Koch Road, include a secure entry vestibule, four restroom fixtures to bring it into ADA compliance, outdoor lighting, additional restrooms, additional parking, roof work, HVAC work and widening the entry road to the school.

Facilities projects underway in Mehlville

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 8, 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...

With parents and a student sitting behind him socially distanced, Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines presents bond issue information to the Board of Education, including conceptual drawings, at the Oct. 15, 2020, board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ then board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Possible ballot measure could address wages, keeping ESSER interventionists

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 24, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education again discussed the possibility of putting a ballot measure before voters at its meeting Aug. 18.  The ballot measure could be in the form of a tax levy, bond, or both...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Mehlville Board of Education eliminates masking positivity threshold

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 9, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last week to eliminate the COVID-19 positivity threshold for masking in school buildings, starting the school year entirely mask-optional for the first time since...

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