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Shown above, Oakville High School hosted the Special School District and Special Olympics basketball in February 2020, some of the students last days in school before the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A look back a year ago, pre-pandemic: Oakville High hosts the Special Olympics

March 22, 2021

Editor’s note: Schools are closed to visitors and extra activities right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we thought we’d take a look back at past philanthropic activities at local schools. Here’s...

Special School District Superintendent Elizabeth Keenan, above in black, surprises Sarah Nowell with the award for SSD’s 2020 Teacher of the Year.

Special School District hires new superintendent

February 16, 2020

The Special School District of St. Louis County has a new superintendent this school year after the SSD Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Elizabeth Keenan last April. Keenan began her job...

South County Tech set to build a new safe vestibule

South County Tech set to build a new safe vestibule

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 14, 2020

Construction will soon be underway on a new safer front entrance for South County Technical High School, following unanimous approval by the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen granting an amended conditional-use...

Special School District Superintendent Elizabeth Keenan, above in black, surprises Sarah Nowell with the award for SSD’s 2020 Teacher of the Year.

Special School District Teacher of the Year works with students for Mehlville’s classes

February 11, 2020

Special School District of St. Louis County has selected Sarah Nowell as its 2020 Teacher of the Year. Nowell is a community-based vocational instruction teacher for the district and works with high-school...

All South County schools call off due to expected storm Monday

All South County schools call off due to expected storm Monday

December 15, 2019

All South County schoolchildren will get a snow day Monday, with districts already calling off classes in advance of a pending winter storm expected to continue Monday. Mehlville, Lindbergh, Affton, Bayless,...

All South County schools cancel classes Tuesday due to icy road conditions

All South County schools cancel classes Tuesday due to icy road conditions

November 12, 2019

Monday was the first snow of the season, and today will be the first snow day for area students. The Mehlville School District, Lindbergh Schools, Affton School District, Bayless Schools, Hancock Place...

Special District teachers picket outside of Neuwoehner High School in Town and Country.

SSD teachers picket as district approves 2018 budget, raises

June 1, 2018

Teachers held signs last week outside the Special School District Board of Education meeting at Neuwoehner High School in Town and Country, as seen above in this photo courtesy of the SD NEA Facebook page. By...

Call Newspapers receives 2018 statewide education award

Call Newspapers receives 2018 statewide education award

May 31, 2018

Call Newspapers was honored this spring with the statewide Horace Mann Friend of Education Award from the Missouri National Education Association, or MNEA, for the newspaper’s expansive education coverage. The...

Mehlville High hosts 21st annual Special Olympics

Mehlville High hosts 21st annual Special Olympics

May 19, 2018

Students from school districts across the area, including Mehlville, Affton, Bayless and Hancock Place, gathered at Mehlville High School last week for the annual Track and Field Special Olympics celebration. ...

Two Lindbergh teachers receive Emerson Award

Two Lindbergh teachers receive Emerson Award

January 8, 2018

Lindbergh Schools 2017 Teacher of the Year Megan Vallis and Sappington Elementary School special education teacher Daniel Hehner recently were honored with the prestigious Emerson Excellence in Teaching...

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