Education

The Bourbon School District has announced that Superintendent, Dr. Kyle Gibbs will complete his years of service at the District at the conclusion of the 2022-23 school year. He was named as the incoming Superintendent for the Farmington R-7 School District beginning there on July 1. “This announcement comes with...

Crawford County R-1 Superintendent Dr. Kyle Gibbs has announced that he will complete his years of service at the District at the conclusion of the 2022-23 school year. He was named as the incoming Superintendent for the Farmington R-7 School District beginning there on July 1, 2023. “This announcement comes...

(Leadwood) The West County boys are hosting Steelville Wednesday night and we’ll have the call on J98. Steelville is on a roll with a perfect 6-0 record this year and ranked 6th in Class Three. The Cardinals beat Potosi in the championship of the Sullivan tournament a couple of weeks ago.

The Crawford County R-1 School Board reviewed the Parent Climate and Culture Survey results, a part of the newest Continuous School Improvement Plan. The CSIP was adopted by the school board in November 2021 and guides the work of the district for the upcoming years. A team of school board...

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The Steelville School District will host an open meeting to discuss the option of a four-day school week on Monday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Meramec Music Theatre, not 6 p.m. as reported last week. The district changed the time due to a scheduling conflict.

The Cuba High School varsity boys and girls basketball teams are both in tournaments this week and each squad opened play on Monday with a loss. The Wildcats are playing in the FCNB Bank-It Championship in Sullivan. Cuba was seeded sixth and took on third-seeded St. James on Monday and came up just short of pulling off an upset.

Recent actions by the school board seem to just be a distraction to avoid the real issue. Administrators knew there were allegations of the inappropriate behavior of a teacher for over a year. It is their duty to report these allegations as part of their jobs to protect your children.

The Bulldogs and Tigers have gotten very used to seeing each other on the gridiron twice a year. St. Clair (6-4) improved upon its Week 6 victory in St. James (3-8) by dominating the rematch Friday in Class 3 District 4 play, 42-6.

The district championship game is coming to Bulldog country next week. St. Clair (6-4), the No. 1 seeded team in Class 3 District 4, will host the title game in Week 12 after knocking out No. 5 St. James (3-8), 42-6, in the district semifinals.

The Rolla Technical Institute/Center continue to be utilized by Bourbon High School students. BHS counselor Michelle Ray reported Sept. 15 to the Crawford County R-1 School Board that a total of 33 juniors and seniors were attending the vocational school. Twenty-three of those students attended last year. Bourbon had 35...

Congratulations to the Cuba High School band and drill team for their wins on Saturday, October 28, at the Missouri State University Homecoming parade. This was their last competition of the season, and they took first in their class and two overall awards, including Outstanding Precision and Outstanding Musical Sound, and had the high score of the morning so they also placed first overall.

With 25 percent of Missouri school districts—all of them rural—already using a four-day schedule (only one ever made the change and switched back), it looks like many others are going to consider the move. Cuba is considering it now and Steelville began discussing the change last week. Given recent discussions in St. James, it could easily wind up on the school board agenda there soon.

(Viburnum) If you haven’t been to the Viburnum Elementary School office yet this school year, you will find a new safety feature there. Principal Michelle Merseal explains. Principal Merseal says Viburnum elementary is continuing this school year with a new program that isn’t even a year old yet.

The Cuba School District will be having an open forum on its proposed plan to switch to a four-day week starting with the 2023-24 school year on Thursday, November 3. The come-and-go, questions-and-answer session will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the school board meeting room at the district’s administration office, which is located off the back (south) parking lot. No formal presentation is planned but district officials and three school board members will be on hand to discuss the issue with patrons. Depending on the how many people show up for the event, there may be an allotted time for each person to ask questions.

The Chester High School Art Club attended Steelville High School’s Chalk Walk on October 27. Students who attended were Toby Gercis, Mikayla Straight, Chelsea August, Kerringtyn Malley, Ash Pfeiffer, Kaci Trost, Will Welge, Sadie Sellers, Trinity Jones, Liliana Welge, Kinsli McCartney, Nico DeGuzman, Josh Castel, Anthony Hernandez-Huerta, Neveah Ashbury, Amelia Crawford, Ary Shipley, Cailey Bainter, Emma Murphy, Chase Gilbert, Summer Vallroy, Victor Ivonovich Duran, and Lydia Smith.

The Steelville School District is participating in drug and alcohol abuse awareness activities this week as part of Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a national week set aside each October to bring awareness to students about the dangers of substance abuse.

Educator Vince Perona and his students at the Middle School gathered non-perishable food for the St. James Caring Center Commodity Day. With food shortages across the country, the Mid-Missouri Food Bank supplies have dwindled to approximately 70 percent of regular deliveries. The Caring Center is grateful to the students for their commitment in assisting families experiencing food crisis. If you would like to provide a family with healthy nourishment, drop off your donations at the Caring Center located at 113 W. Eldon in St. James. Monetary donations are welcome as well and spent in St. James with local business. Call Marilyn at 265-2047 ext. 3 for further details. High priority items include mac and cheese; canned green beans, corn, peas, and potatoes; Ravioli and Spaghetti O’s; cereal; breakfast bars and granola bars and chicken noodle soup.

The Cuba High School varsity football team will go into the first round of the Class 2 District 2 tournament Friday night as the seventh seed in a seven-team field after dropping their final regular-season game against Windsor 44-6. The 0-9 Tigers will travel to Hermann to take on the second-seeded, 7-2, Bearcats.

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