The Trenton R-9 Board of Education accepted a resignation and made several hires in an executive session Tuesday evening. The board accepted the resignation of eighth through 10th-grade counselor Brooklyn Stevens and the board hired Marissa Cowan as a sixth-grade math teacher. Connor Cotton and Shantel Cooper were employed as substitutes. The board hired summer […]
Trenton R-9 Superintendent Dan Wiebers announced the resignation of a Board of Education member at a meeting Tuesday evening. Wiebers read Brooke McAtee’s letter of resignation which will be effective June 12th. Wiebers told the board it did not need to vote to approve McAtee’s resignation, it only needed to be announced to the board. […]
Six students received a diploma at Laredo R-7 School District’s eighth-grade graduation Monday night. Superintendent Misty Foster says student Hannah Bowe was named Valedictorian, and Chandler Lynch was named Salutatorian. Rebecca Urich received the Citizenship Award. Fifth through eighth grade English Language Arts and Social Studies teacher Melissa Williams spoke to the graduates. Foster reports […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education at its meeting Monday evening accepted the resignation of a paraprofessional. Megan Peterson’s resignation is effective at the end of the current school year. The board also heard retirement announcements from long-time elementary teachers Alesia Campbell and Leetta Fordyce as well as from elementary cook Diana Rains effective […]
Nearly 150 third through fifth-grade students from six schools in Linn and Livingston counties attended the Second Farm Safety Day at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus this week. Students went on a 10-stop tour that provided them information about farm, ATV, electrical, tractor, and water and boat safety as well as first aid […]
A former high school teacher and swim team coach has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually exploiting seven minor victims. James Russell Green, Jr., 53, of Blue Springs, Mo., was charged in a nine-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved a co-op agreement and a mowing bid at its meeting Monday evening. The coop agreement is with Pleasant View R-6 for seventh and eighth-grade track. The agreement is pending Pleasant View’s approval. The approved mowing bid was from H and B Mowing for $100 each time for the […]
The Seventh Annual Art Teachers Show will be at the North Missouri Art Gallery in Marceline until April 2nd. North Central and Northeast area art teachers’ work will be on display, and many pieces will be for sale. The public can meet the artists and enjoy refreshments during a reception Saturday afternoon from 1 to […]
Trenton Middle School and Trenton High School will dismiss classes early October 19th for parent/teacher conferences. Sixth-grade teachers are scheduling appointments with parents of students not meeting academic requirements. An open period for parents of sixth graders who do not have appointments and wish to see their child’s teacher will be held at a later […]
Former Seventh District State Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe died Tuesday at the age of 71. Lair was first elected State Representative in November 2008, representing Missouri’s 7th District which included all or portions of Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, and Livingston counties. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and served until he reached term […]
The Maysville school district reports Instructor Rodney Thomas has been placed on administrative leave from his job as a junior high math teacher and a coach with the wrestling program. The 39-year-old Thomas was arrested on multiple alleged sexual contact accusations and related charges in DeKalb County. A statement from the Maysville school indicates Thomas has […]
The North Mercer School Board decided to raise the teacher base salary at its meeting Monday evening. The base salary was raised $500 to $28,000 and steps and credit for education will be awarded, and health care benefits will continue to be covered. The board approved summer school, with the dates temporarily set for May […]
A seventh through 12th-grade science teacher at Newtown-Harris, Michelle McLaughlin, is resigning effective at the end of the school year and plans to move out of the state. The district will be re-evaluating its bus contract for next school year. Newtown-Harris currently contracts through the Princeton School District which is sending out bid proposals next […]
The Princeton School District will dismiss classes early today because of parent-teacher conferences. Classes will be dismissed at 12:45 this afternoon with parent-teacher conferences to be held between 1 o’clock this afternoon and 7 o’clock this evening. The conferences for kindergarten through third-grade students will be held in the classrooms. The conferences for fourth through […]
Trenton R-9 school district announces an early dismissal of classes Thursday afternoon October 13th to make time for parent-teacher conferences at the three attendance buildings. For S-M Rissler school, conferences have been scheduled with parents for the afternoon and evening hours. Trenton Middle School will release classes at 1:07 pm Thursday. Parent/Teacher Conferences that same […]
Ten Missouri teachers, including two from this region, have been selected finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in mathematics and science teaching. The two from this region are Stephany Russell, who teaches math at Meadville; and Kendra Watson, a math teacher at Albany. Up to one hundred eight instructors nationwide will receive the Presidential […]
The Newtown-Harris Board of Education has approved a budget for next fiscal year in which revenues are anticipated to exceed spending by nearly 22-thousand dollars. Spending is estimated at about $1,535,000.00. Income is anticipated to surpass expenditures for the current fiscal year ending this June 30th by nearly 22 thousand dollars. Newtown-Harris has a reserve […]
The Trenton R-9 board of education, following an executive session for personnel last evening, hired a teacher for 8th grade science next year. According to Middle School Principal Dustin Jenkerson, the new teacher at Trenton, Julia Walton, previously taught in Reedsburg Area High School in Reedsburg Wisconsin for the 2014-2015 academic year. She was graduated from University of Milwaukee, […]
Trenton High School student Katerina Black was the number one ranked individual in the state during meat judging competition at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Her team from Trenton high school finished in second place, just 30 points behind the top ranked meats judging team from Tipton. Other members of the 2nd place meats team […]
Employee salary schedules were adopted; three staff resignations were accepted; and a proposal was approved to have additional honor graduates at Trenton High School. These were among the actions taken last evening during a Trenton R-9 board meeting. Adjustments with the salary schedules for certified and non certified staff are projected to cost an estimated […]
