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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Big Story of the Week: Ladue Launches Discussion on Pay, Benefits & Evaluations

Certified and Classified positions will all come under scrutiny going forward.

The Ladue School Board members had a lively and spirited discussion Monday night about classified and support staff salary options and the teachers compensation system and review policy as it stands today. Like the Ladue-Frontenac Facebook page today. If members of the community were not there, and there was just two advocate parents, two career teachers and one administrator in the audience, this is what was missed. As the city manager of a nearby community often says: “discussions like this are the first step...and there are a thousand steps before everything gets settled.” A journey begins with the first of a thousand steps That’s pretty much where the issue of pay and benefits and compensation review for Ladue stands these days. As …

James Baer

5:51 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012

For those who may not have thought the statement was clear. It goes like this: Retired Ladue School teacher, now board member Jeff Kopolow has always put the priority of his students first and foremost. That might not have been as clear as it should have been stated in this article, but that is the known fact, now and forever.   more ›

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Gateway Voice of Mid-Life and Older Women (OWL) select Alice Ludmer as Woman of Worth.

"Million Dollar Volunteer" Alice Ludmer to be recognized as Woman of Worth at WOW Awards dinner on October 13.

Ladue resident Alice Ludmer, is our third profile on Local Women of Worth who will be honored by the Gateway Voice of Mid-Life and Older Women (OWL) at the Annual WOW Awards dinner at the Missouri Athletic Club on October 13. As with the previously-honored women, Ludmer began volunteering in grade school. “It was typical grade school stuff,” she said. “I volunteered in the cafeteria and the library. When my kids went to school, I was the art appreciation lady, picture lady, and in the parents’ association. “It was in my blood because I came from a family that was very committed to the community,” she said. “So it came naturally enough to continue. People would ask me to serve on committees and I would say yes, and I loved it.” When then-…

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