Missouri House and Senate bills would allow Fort Zumwalt school board members to continue to serve three-year terms.
Legislative moves to exempt Fort Zumwalt Board of Education members from serving six-year instead of three-year terms are winding their way this week through the Missouri General Assembly. A hearing on Senate Bill 450 that would allow the Fort Zumwalt School District to retain three-year terms for its seven-member board was scheduled before the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 11. “So far it's moving pretty good,” said Bernard DuBray, superintendent of the Fort Zumwalt School District. DuBray was scheduled to testify before the education committee. DuBray and the present school board want the legislation to move quickly because without a legislative remedy school board members elected on April 3 would serve six-year terms. The bill …
With steadily rising enrollment, how will the district deal with overcrowded classrooms without risking the educational gains they have made?
Although it was 8 a.m. on a Saturday, parents and concerned citizens gathered to hear the Board of Directors of the Wentzville School District discuss the fallout of Proposition 3's failure last month. The levy would have raised $60 million to add 72 new elementary and middle school classrooms and begin the first phase of the new high school. Students from five St. Charles County communities, including Lake Saint Louis, attend Wentzville Schools. Superintendent Dr. Terry Adams opened the meeting with a discussion of future facility needs. Wentzville is the fastest growing district in the state, Adams said, and no one believes that growth is ending. In a way, Adams said, "we are victims of our own success," because people keep moving …
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Matt Deichmann
5:11 pm on Thursday, December 16, 2010
According to recent data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Wentzville School District spends less per student on an annual basis than any other district in St. Charles County. Combine that with the fact that WSD students achieve at a very high level, and you can see that the District delivers a lot of educational "bang for the buck". The current expenditures per … more ›