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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...

Buffaloes along Lemay Ferry Road? Inflatable turkeys along Telegraph? Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue donned eye-catching costumes at the 2021 ‘donut drive-thru’ at Mehlville High that featured MHS students, above, with junior Emma Maxwell as the Bierbaum Buffalo mascot. Similar sign rallies were also held in Oakville. Another ‘donut drive-thru’ to rally for Prop S was set at the same schools Saturday, April 3.

Supporters of Mehlville’s ‘Proposition S’ make case for first bond issue since ‘92

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 31, 2021

Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition S on the ballot Tuesday, April 6 are hoping the school district’s voters  do something they haven’t done since 1992 — approve a bond issue. Proposition...

Supporters of Mehlville bond issue Proposition S are hosting donut drive-thru

Supporters of Mehlville bond issue Proposition S are hosting ‘donut drive-thru’

March 12, 2021

The campaign committee for Proposition S, a 12-cent no-tax-rate-increase bond issue for facilities in the Mehlville School District that will be up for vote April 6, will host a donut drive-thru Saturday. Mehlville-Oakville...

Voter survey shows support for a Mehlville bond issue

Voter survey shows support for a Mehlville bond issue

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 28, 2021

Despite concerns from some Mehlville Board of Education members about placing a bond issue on an upcoming ballot during a period of economic uncertainty, a survey shows that most voters are in favor of...

Pictured above: A map of current identified, unfunded stormwater problems in St. Louis city and St. Louis County. MSD expects that they can resolve all current issues within the next 30 years if Prop S passes. Image courtesy of MSD.

MSD proposes restarting ‘impervious fee,’ now with voter approval; Sullivan is on fence

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 27, 2019

Voters in the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District will consider Proposition S for Stormwater to address local and regional flooding and erosion on the ballot Tuesday, April 2. If approved by voters,...

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