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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 build what would be the district’s second auditorium. The district closed June 1 on the purchase of 2.2 acres at 5501...

 –  (April 12, 2021) – To show appreciation for area K-12 educators who have been forced to adapt to new styles of teaching throughout the pandemic, Western Governors University (WGU) is pledging to award up to $125,000 in grant money to K-12 teachers who need help funding their innovative classroom projects as part of the nonprofit university’s “Fund My Classroom” initiative. Teachers can submit proposed projects online at wgu.edu/fundmyclassroom for the...

University plans to award up to $125,000 in funding to K-12 teachers throughout Missouri, Illinois and Kansas to help bring innovative classroom projects and initiatives to life West Plains, Mo – To show appreciation for area K-12 educators who have been forced to adapt to new styles of teaching throughout the pandemic, WGU Missouri has announced the return of its “Fund My Classroom” initiative, pledging up to $125,000 in grant money for K-12 teachers who need help funding their innovativ...

Editor’s note: During the pandemic, we are looking back at several inspiring stories from local South County schools. This grant was given in May 2019.  Jill Hudson, a library media specialist at Blades Elementary School in Oakville, received a $300 grant in May 2019 from local online university WGU Missouri to fund her idea to bring pedal exercisers to the school’s library media center. Hudson was officially presented with a check for $300 on Friday, May 17, 2019, to help purchase the ped...

The Mehlville School District hopes to bring back elementary school students to five days a week in person and high school students back part-time in the second semester, but the district is appealing to residents for help with that by masking and social distancing to keep cases of the COVID-19 pandemic down.  The second semester starts Jan. 19. Students are slated to return from winter break — which began Dec. 22 — Tuesday, Jan. 5. High school students in the district have been attending...