And news about swine flu vaccine issues keeps on coming.

The Fort Zumwalt School District has announced that it will need to cancel its H1N1 vaccination clinic on Saturday due to continued issues with supply. The district has not set a tentative date…

The news this week includes the closure of four Jefferson County schoolsdue to flu absences and the start of H1N1 vaccinations in the Hazelwood School District. 

In St. Charles County, the Wentzville School District told parents today they are preparing to have H1N1…

Barbara Story

The Fort Zumwalt School Board voted this week to have Barbara Story replace Mary Givens, who recently resigned.

Story, 52, works as a secretary at Fontbonne University and is a former board member who ran unsuccessfully against Givens in the April election.

She was…

UPDATE: Comment from Givens added this afternoon.

The Fort Zumwalt School District is looking for a new board member following the resignation of longtime representative Mary Givens at last night’s meeting.

Givens, 50, of O’Fallon, Mo., has been a member of the Board for…

Here’s an update on our earlier post this week about two more swine flu cases in St. Charles County.

The Fort Zumwalt School District sent a letter home to parents Tuesday afternoon informing them that two students have swine flu.

The student…

Did you read Sunday’s story about school district’s raising tax rates to make up for the loss in property tax revenue?

The story mostly focused on St. Louis County, but here’s the situation in St. Charles County for those interested. 

Home values dropped…

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann has sent to the county’s Congressional delegation an $881-million wish list in progress for possible inclusion in a nationwide economic stimulus spending plan.

The list, a compilation of projects suggested by county agencies and other…

Before news broke today about the closing of the pools at the St. Peters Rec-Plex, Fort Zumwalt district leaders were already considering a proposal to build a new practice pool facility. 

The School Board will vote at its January meeting whether to put…

Check out the ad at the left from the Missouri School Boards’ Association looking for people to run in the spring election.

Given the current economic outlook, school boards will probably face tough choices in the coming year.

For those who are up…