Oakville Middle School and Wohlwend Elementary will get upgraded secure entry vestibules this summer. The Mehlville School District Board of Education voted unanimously Jan. 18 to approve a $1.026 million.
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 28 years total in education. Gaines was hired as superintendent by the school district in 2015, but his career in education starts in rural Missouri,.
New stadium restrooms at Mehlville High School and a new district transportation building funded by Proposition S most likely will not come to fruition due to increased construction costs. Superintendent Chris Gaines told the Board of Education May 19 that staff would most likely be formally be asking the board to remove the two projects.
The Mehlville Board of Education voted March 17 to approve a bid to fix the kitchen ceiling at Beasley Elementary. Director of Facilities Mike Gegg said the ceiling is original to the building, which was built in 1970. “The ceiling is not smooth, clean and wipeable, so they have been getting a one-point deduct from.