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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

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Candidate filing opens next month for three seats on SSD Board of Education

Candidate filing opens next month for three seats on SSD Board of Education

November 22, 2022

Candidate filing for three open seats on the Special School District Board of Education opens Dec. 6. Candidate filing will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 and close at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27. The three...

Lindbergh High students Steven Hollis, James Schrader and Ethan Rahn, above left to right, were recognized in May with Special School District’s highest honor, the Rosemary Zander Award.

Special School District honors seniors

May 28, 2021

Lindbergh High students Steven Hollis, James Schrader and Ethan Rahn were recognized in May with Special School District’s highest honor, the Rosemary Zander Award. Students are honored for their achievements...

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...

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....

New Crestwood Elementary principal comes from Rockwood

New Crestwood Elementary principal comes from Rockwood

April 29, 2020

Lindbergh Schools announced Wednesday that the district has hired a new principal for Crestwood Elementary School, effective July 1. The Lindbergh Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Rockwood...

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,...

One city, one district? City-county Board of Freeholders could change 24 school districts

One city, one district? City-county Board of Freeholders could change 24 school districts

November 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com At least one member of the Board of Freeholders believes that education could fall under the board’s powers to reorganize city-county government...

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