An increase of one cent has been approved for the Pleasant View R-6 school tax levy. The new rate, adopted by the board of education, is almost $4.79 on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. Approval also was given to the annual secretary of the board report; the state transportation report; current school bus routes; free and […]
Laredo R-7 Board of Education has set the total tax levy at nearly $5.89 cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. This includes four-48 for the general levy plus the voter-approved $1.40 levy increase. It was reported last year that the Laredo board had set the levy then at $5.69 per 100 dollars. At […]
At a meeting this week of the Newtown-Harris Board of Education, Justin Oaks was appointed to fill the remainder of the school board term held by Julie Veach. Oaks appointment runs until the election next April. Amanda Neff was approved as the new bookkeeper. Patti Stark of Mercer was approved as a special education consultant for […]
An update on the sewer project at Spickard is the topic for a special meeting August 17th. A representative of White Cloud Engineering is to be at the city hall to discuss more information on the proposed project. The Spickard town board of aldermen has scheduled the meeting for 6 o’clock that evening. During a meeting Monday evening, a […]
The North Mercer Board of Education has set the district’s property tax levy at nearly $3.97 on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, which is nearly sixteen cents lower than last year. The assessed valuation in the North Mercer district is up by more than $2,000,000 compared to last year, with this year’s assessed […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a property tax levy of nearly five dollars eleven cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. That’s nearly 20 cents lower than last year, nearly 30 cents lower than two years ago, and nearly 50 cents lower than three years ago. This year’s property tax levy in […]
The Spickard Board of Education has approved several bids with Ferrell Gas to provide propane at nearly eighty-seven cents per gallon. MFA will supply diesel fuel and gasoline at two cents below the pump price with Anderson-Erickson to provide dairy products. Clevenger and Associates were approved to perform district audits during a three-year period. The […]
Among information from last evenings’ meeting of the Laredo R-7 Board of Education, the board accepted the resignation of Brooke Chapman as the first and second-grade teacher effectively immediately. The first reading was held on policy updates recommended by the Missouri school boards association. The final transportation report from the past school year was approved. […]
The Parent Teacher Organization at Princeton has donated $25, 000 to the Princeton School District to help with playground equipment. The money will be used to add supplemental equipment and complete the scheduled project. The board gave an update on playground upgrades during a meeting this week. Drainage work is to begin this month, the concrete […]
The Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance program offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of Veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or of Veterans who died while on active duty or as a result of a service-related condition. You may receive up to 45 months of education benefits. […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has approved a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, in which anticipated spending is estimated to surpass revenue by nearly 38-hundred dollars. Anticipated spending was budgeted at about one million four hundred sixty-two thousand dollars. The budget for the current fiscal year ending this Thursday […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has approved the purchase of five new computers and two new smartboard projectors. Lunch prices for next school year were increased by a nickel. The charges will be $2.25 for students and $260 cents for adults. Breakfast remains at $1.40. Among reports, there were 17 students who attended […]
The Grundy R-5 Board of Education has accepted the resignation of Kimbra Mullenix as the Kindergarten through 12th grade Guidance Counselor, Special Education Director, and Parents as Teachers educator. The board employed current 7th through 12th grade Special Education instructor Melody Prescott to also be Special Education Director and the Parents as Teachers educator. Shawna […]
The North Mercer Board of Education has adopted a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1st in which expenditures are anticipated to exceed revenue by nearly 69-thousand dollars. Spending is estimated at nearly two point six million dollars. The amended the current budget to show an 82-thousand dollar deficit for the fiscal year ending […]
The Laredo Board of Education has accepted a bid from MFA to provide diesel fuel for two cents a gallon off the pump price. The board approved a bid from MFA for propane at 92.9 cents a gallon for the upcoming school year. The board also approved a bid from Prairie Farms to provide milk. […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a bid from Miracle Recreation Equipment Company for playground equipment. The bid was slightly over 67-thousand dollars for large structures and a supplemental package of equipment for nearly 15-thousand dollars. The Miracle Company hopes to have the installation completed before school starts. It was the only bidder, although […]
A deficit budget has been presented to the Trenton R-9 Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1st. The school district has a significant amount of reserve funds but the amount as of the June 30th end of the fiscal year won’t be known until later. Information was presented last evening by R-9 Superintendent […]
Personnel, school lunch prices, and bids were among topics last night for the Laredo R-7 Board of Education. Contracts were accepted from Alicia Rojas for speech language pathology at ten hours per week; and from Melissa Perry for occupational therapy for approximately two to four hours per week. The board agreed to offer a contract […]
The Forage Systems Research Center, in Linneus, Mo., does a variety of research and education on forage crops, cattle and now channel catfish. Aaron Palmer, a farm worker at FSRC, was looking at raising catfish on his own. With more than 10 ponds at the Forage Systems Research Center, Superintendent David Davis suggested Palmer should […]
Here are some specific steps that all graduating seniors should take. Actually, this is good advice for everyone, no matter when or if you’ve graduated from college. Become financially literate Unfortunately, financial literacy in the United States is not widespread. Most high school students fail a personal finance exam (less than 50% of questions answered […]
