Bierbaum Elementary News Today

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved two facilities bids at its May 18 meeting. The first bid approved by the board was $231,649 for asphalt repair at Mosaic Elementary...

Rising construction and labor costs have forced the Mehlville School District to find alternative funding methods for some facility projects originally slated to be covered by Proposition S. The Mehlville...

The Mehlville Board of Education heard several Proposition S updates at its meeting Jan. 19. Proposition S is a $35-million no-tax-rate increase bond that was approved by voters in April 2021 to fund facility and safety upgrades at all of the district’s buildings. Nearly two years after its passage, several projects have been completed including...

Several facilities projects in the Mehlville School District were completed this summer, with others scheduled to be completed throughout the school year and into next summer.  Projects included kitchen ceiling replacement, roof replacements, HVAC, asphalt repair and tuckpointing at multiple different buildings, Facilities Director Mike Gegg said during a project update at the Aug. 18...

Several facilities projects in the Mehlville School District were completed this summer, with others scheduled to be completed throughout the school year and into next summer.  Projects included kitchen ceiling replacement, roof replacements, HVAC, asphalt repair and tuckpointing at multiple different buildings, Facilities Director Mike Gegg said during a project update at the Aug. 18...

Peace Day at Mehlville’s Bierbaum Elementary is an event meant to celebrate the diversity of the school through games, crafts and food. The school hosted its fifth iteration of the event April 8 in its gymnasium. Bierbaum is home to 535 students, and more than 50 percent speak a language other than or in addition...

Despite challenges from supply chain disruptions and higher-than-anticipated costs, work continues in the Mehlville School District on Proposition S projects after the Board of Education approved two Prop S-related bids April 28 and May 10.  The board approved a $2.76 million bid at its April 28 meeting to outfit the Blades Elementary entrance with a...

One Bierbaum Elementary class was part of an unusual experiment this school year, following teacher Jennifer Osborn from fourth to fifth grade. Often in elementary school, students will be reassigned...

The Mehlville Board of Education considered and unanimously accepted three bids Feb. 24 for serving line replacements at six schools, partial roof replacement at six schools, and the Oakville Elementary School parking lot.  Serving line bids  Every summer, the district’s School Food and Nutrition Department replaces low functioning or non-functioning food equipment in various Mehlville...

Meagan Ochoa will be the principal at Oakville Elementary School beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. The Mehlville School District Board of Education unanimously voted to approve Ochoa’s hiring in a closed session April 29. Several highly qualified candidates applied for the position, the district said, and both staff and parents provided feedback and assisted with interview panels. Ochoa, the current assistant principal at Bierbaum Elementary, will succeed Kimberly Tooley, who has held...