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Supporters make case for Mehlville Proposition E

Supporters make case for Mehlville Proposition E

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor March 21, 2023

Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition E on the ballot Tuesday, April 4, are hoping the school district’s voters approve the first tax rate increase since 2015. Proposition E, for...

In the Rogers Elementary first-day-of-school scavenger hunt in 2019, second-grader Aleah Jacobsmeyer, right, and other students went straight to the top for help, asking Superintendent Chris Gaines if he fit any of their categories. He checked the box ‘I like vegetables.’

Superintendent looks back on eight years with district

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 21, 2023

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines is retiring in August after eight years with the school district. Gaines’s official last day is Aug. 31. When he retires, he’ll have completed...

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines retiring in August

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines retiring in August

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor January 20, 2023

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines announced Friday that he would retire in August after eight years with the school district. Gaines, then the superintendent of the Wright City...

Mehlville revises mask resolution in response to cases

Mehlville revises mask resolution in response to cases

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor January 11, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted in a special meeting Jan. 4 to make modifications to its masking requirements for students and staff, ahead of students’ return to school from winter break. The...

The campaign committee for Mehlville School District’s Proposition S, Mehlville-Oakville United, hosted a donut drive-thru in 2021 at Mehlville High School, Washington Middle School and Oakville Middle/Wohlwend Elementary. The event featured free donuts, “Yes on S” car painting and committee members dressed in costumes to raise awareness about the bond measure.

Prop S improvements begin with HVAC and softball fields

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 21, 2021

Now that the historic vote to pass the Mehlville School District’s first bond issue in nearly 30 years is in the past, work is underway on the projects funded by Proposition S. As the district starts...

In the Rogers Elementary first-day-of-school scavenger hunt in 2019, second-grader Aleah Jacobsmeyer, right, and other students went straight to the top for help, asking Superintendent Chris Gaines if he fit any of their categories. He checked the box ‘I like vegetables.’

Mehlville looks to next five-year vision for its strategic plan

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 18, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education will be voting this summer on the next five years of the Mehlville School District’s strategic plan. Superintendent Chris Gaines told the board April 29 that the final...

An aerial view of the office building that is undergoing renovations to become the new Mehlville Central Office at 2900 Lemay Ferry Road, from the buildings real estate listing in March 2021.

Mehlville School District buys building next to Mehlville High to replace Central Office

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 14, 2021

The Mehlville School District is set to close in August on the purchase of an office building next to Mehlville High School that could serve as the district's new Central Office, paving the way for two...

Mehlville School District buys land for future Oakville High auditorium, but it won’t happen any time soon

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 11, 2021

The Mehlville School District has purchased a house next to Oakville High School that could serve as the future site of the school’s first auditorium — but there are currently no plans to actually...

Above is a rendering of the 100-acre proposed redevelopment Tesson Ridge, consisting of more than 100 single-family homes and villas, a 210-unit apartment complex and 8 acres of commercial sites.

Mixed-use development proposed for 100 acres of MetLife’s campus

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 26, 2021

An in-person town hall will be held this week at the MetLife campus in South County about a proposed mixed-use development at the 100-acre site that would include two new subdivisions with more than 170...

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...

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