Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Missouri Rep. John McCaherty presented Glory of Missouri Awards to 13 Northwest High School students
The Glory of Missouri awards are presented each year to students who exemplify the virtues engraved in the Missouri House Chamber between when the capitol was rebuilt after a fire. The engraving reads, “All of the foregoing human qualities bind into one theme, the Glory of Missouri, because no people can attain these virtues unless they are great.” State Representative John C. McCaherty (R-97th District) presented the Northwest students with certificate honoring them as Glory of Misouri award winners. The winners, and the Glory of Missouri traits they possess, are: Anna Grobelny for Knowledge: exemplifies knowledge and is not only book smart, but also aware of the state of information. Tyler Morris for Liberty: demonstrates beliefs in the…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Doors at the high school and Early Childhood Education center were kept locked following a notification from St. Louis County Police, according to an announcement from the school district.
Doors were locked as a precautionary measure when a domestic disturbance was reported near Lindbergh High School and Lindbergh Early Childhood Education, the school district announced early Tuesday afternoon. The suspect involved in the domestic disturbance did not enter school property, according to the announcement. The school district posted the following information to their website and Facebook page via Lindbergh High School Principal Ron Helms: "Around 12:20 p.m. today, our School Resource Officer Paul Gordon received a call from St. Louis County Police notifying him of a domestic disturbance that had occurred in a neighborhood east of the high school campus. As a precaution, the decision was made to protect our students’ safety by …
Northwest's productions of "Any Number Can Die" and "Beauty and the Beast" are nominated by the Cappies for 14 awards.
The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local media. On May 18, the Cappies will announce the winners of its annual awards program at a gala. See the Cappie's review of Northwest High School's production of "Beauty and the Beast." Over the past four years Northwest has been nominated in a few categories and even took home the gold for choreography for "The Wizard of Oz" in 2010. This year, Northwest has received 14 nominations for its two performances, Nine for the fall production of "Any Number Can Die" and five for the spring musical "Beauty and the Beast." The …
The raises are part of a new pay plan that is aimed at bringing the average administrator salary more closely in line with other St. Louis County school districts.
Updated with additional information 5/6 A few weeks before agreeing to move forward on a budget with an $11 million deficit, the Rockwood School Board voted in closed session to give district administrators a pay raise. The raises are in the form of a revised administrative pay plan that seeks to raise the average compensation for such personnel, which officials say lags far behind their counterparts in other St. Louis County districts. Details of the plan were presented publicly at an April 11 meeting, followed by a closed-door discussion among board members that ended with a 4-1 vote to phase in the new plan over three years. Board member Jeffrey Morrell voted against the proposal. Board member Keith Kinder abstained. For 2013-14, the …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Long Elementary School students, parents and teachers have been working together all spring to renovate the school's courtyard.
Long Elementary School’s courtyard recently got a big makeover, thanks to the help of students, staff and parents. Learn more about the project, from the Lindbergh School District. The somewhat famous fish and his little pond used to be the only sign of life among what the school had nicknamed its “concrete oasis,” a paved courtyard with a chipped and faded blue paint stream and full exposure to the sun that made it largely unusable. Now, the courtyard is thriving as a warm, colorful and inviting outdoor learning space for children, with four areas, including: “Character Court,” a quiet, shaded reading area surrounded by colorful banners; “Lindbergh Landing,” with a soft carpet of turf and outdoor chalkboard for classroom lessons; “Free …
Newly elected in April, Jeff Morrell said he doesn't want to worsen the district's budget gap by "stepping on the gas."
Updated May 8: The board member behind the single "no" vote on a pay plan that will increase the average salary for Rockwood Administrators told Patch Wednesday that his opposition is based on concerns over the district's deficit. Jeffrey Morrell said he agrees, in principal, that the district's employees need to be paid a fair and competitive salary, acknowledging a find by a Rockwood committee that its administrators ranked 21 out of 22 in terms of average total compensation among St. Louis County school districts. However, given the district's project $11 million deficit, Morrell said those raises need to be paid for with an equal amount of cuts so that they don't add to the red ink. "If we were going to go give them a raise, what …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The school district's Executive Director of Secondary Education believes some demographic fluctuations may explain why.
When U.S. News and World Report unveiled its annual list of Missouri high school rankings last week, the magazine placed two of the four high schools in the Rockwood School District in its top five. District officials said they are honored to have Eureka and Marquette high schools recognized, but cautioned that the data used in the rankings are only one way to measure student performance. “It’s a piece of data that show our schools performing well, that’s always a plus,” said Jim Wipke, Executive Director of Secondary Education. “However, the way they measure things is not the way we measure ourselves.” So, what kept Lafayette and Rockwood Summit high schools out? District officials said they have similar scores in terms of college …
Friday, May 3, 2013
The first 300 participants to test drive vehicles at Lindbergh High School on Saturday will earn $20 each toward the school district, and be entered to win a free iPad.
Community members age 18 and older are invited to get it in gear for Lindbergh Schools on Saturday, May 4, during the iDrive free test drive event at Lindbergh High School, sponsored by Sunset Ford. The first 300 participants who test drive any one of Ford’s 13 models will be entered for a chance to win a free iPad, according to a news release from the school district. The event is scheduled 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Ford is donating $20 for each test drive taken, up to $6,000 total, as part of its “Drive One 4UR School” program, according to the release. All proceeds will benefit the Lindbergh Schools Foundation. Participants take a 10-minute test drive--no sales pitch involved. Taste-D-Burger food truck will be offering burgers and fries, and LHS …
The board gave the informal go-ahead to a slate of capital projects that would cover what were described as the district's "most critical" needs.
After at least three years without any red ink, the Rockwood School District is moving ahead with a proposed budget plan that will produce an $11 million deficit. The plan included $4.6 million worth of items that would have been included in the $38.4 million Prop S bond issue, had it passed. District CFO Tim Rooney presented the recommendations to the board at a meeting Thursday night and said they represented the district’s most critical needs. “We had a tough task,” he said. “We were really looking at what, if it would fail, would cause the most disruption.” The move was not a formal adoption of the fiscal year 2013-14 budget, which will occur later this summer, but provides guidance to district staff so they can begin coordinating the …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Also: How to realign the district's spending after the failure of Proposition S?
The Rockwood School Board will meet tonight at 7 p.m. following a closed session at 6 p.m. at the Crestview Middle School at 16025 Clayton Road in Ellisville. Here's a preview of some the items on the board's agenda.
Lindsay Toler
9:05 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Sounds like authorities were being very cautious, and I think that's great. more ›