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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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ESSER used for COVID, learning loss

ESSER used for COVID, learning loss

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 27, 2021

Beginning in March 2020, the federal government began awarding Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to school districts across the country. The funds were given out in three rounds...

Bayless School District awarded $400,000 in federal funds for school safety

Bayless School District awarded $400,000 in federal funds for school safety

September 13, 2020

The Bayless School District is receiving more than $400,000 in federal funding aimed at preventing school violence, one of only three school districts in the state to receive funds. Bayless is getting...

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

Bayless votes for an all-virtual start to the school year

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 6, 2020

The Bayless Board of Education voted at an in-person special meeting Wednesday night to begin the 2020-2021 school year with all-virtual school as coronavirus cases in the St. Louis region continue to...

Students at Gateway Dance Conservatory rehearse for the studio’s first full-length production of
Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ in Pacific Nov. 23, 2019. Gateway is a nonprofit studio that meets at The
Pavilion at Lemay and provides underprivileged dance students with scholarships and other financial
aid, as well as inclusionary classes for students with special needs. Gateway performed ‘The
Nutcracker’ in December 2019 at Bayless High School. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Bayless looks at all-virtual school for first quarter of year

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 5, 2020

As coronavirus cases in the St. Louis region continue to climb, the Bayless Board of Education will vote at a special meeting Wednesday night whether to begin the 2020-2021 school year with all-virtual...

Therese Shain, a special education teacher at Bayless Elementary, smiles for photos after receiving a $25,000 Milkin Educator Award Wednesday morning. Shain is one of 33 educators to receive the award in 2018-2019.

Bayless teacher one of 33 nationwide to receive $25,000 Milken Award

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 13, 2019

A Bayless Elementary School teacher was awarded one of education's most prestigious honors, the $25,000 Milken Educator Award, at a surprise school assembly Wednesday morning featuring guests such as First...

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