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…

Administrators and board members in the St. Charles School District have scheduled a series of meetings this year to meet with parents and teachers at each building.

The first meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sept. 9 at Lincoln Elementary…

Rick Radford, assistant superintendent of business services, will leave his position temporarily to serve in Iraq as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Radford/Photo courtesy of St. Charles School District

He received notice earlier this month of the deployment, his second…

Today’s Post-Dispatch had a story St. Louis County school districts hiking tax rates again. Want to know what’s happening on the other side of the river? 

In St. Charles County, commercial properties had a loss in value of about 5 percent. School…

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…

At a special meeting Tuesday night, the St. Charles School Board voted 4-3 to put artificial turf on the fields at St. Charles high schools.

At least two other high schools in St. Charles County have turf, and many others are planning…

To turf or not to turf?

St. Charles School District leaders are holding a special meeting tonight to talk about the possibility of installing synthetic turf on fields at its two high schools.

The School Board has discussed the issue at two…

The St. Charles School Board approved the selection of two principals at their meeting last night to replace those retiring.

Kim Harris will be principal of Jefferson Middle School, effective July 1. She replaces Gerry Kettenbach, who will retire June 30. 

Harris is currently the…

Two “state of the schools” type meetings are planned for residents of the St. Charles School District this month. The first one scheduled is for Monday, where officials will speak about the district’s finances.

Like other school districts, St. Charles is…

Hardin Middle School will have a new principal when school starts this summer.

The St. Charles School Board last night approved the selection of Ed Gettemeier, who will take over as of July 1.  

Gettemeier, who is currently an assistant principal at…