Laredo Board of Education approves school insurance renewal

Laredo R-7 School

The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved the Missouri United School Insurance Council renewal on November 13th. The 2024 assessment is $16,171. That is up from the 2023 assessment of $13,635.

The board approved Missouri School Boards Association policy updates.

The board election candidate filing period for the April 2nd Municipal Election will be December 5th at 8 o’clock until December 26th at 4 o’clock. The school office will close December 15th at 1 o’clock and reopen January 3rd at 8 o’clock. The office will also be closed for inclement weather. The office will be open December 26th from 2 to 3 o’clock.

The terms up for reelection on the Laredo Board of Education are Matt Foster and Morgan Duff. They are three-year terms.

Junior high school basketball and cheer were tabled until the December meeting. Extra duty concession was also tabled until the December meeting.

It was announced a Christmas movie will be at the Brookfield Cinema December 15th.

The board entered into an executive session for legal, personnel, student information, personnel records, and confidential records.

Jennifer Thies

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Jennifer’s interest in radio began at a young age. She started as a news reporter at KTTN in January 2017, but previously worked almost a year and a half as an on-air announcer and with news at the NPR affiliate KXCV/KRNW, which serves Northwest Missouri. Jennifer was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mass Media: Broadcast Production with an Emphasis in Audio Production from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.