Saturday, May 18, 2013
Perpetrators resort to leaving list in editors mailbox to get the word out!
Talk about an act of desperation? The Ladue “Senior List” got out again, and hardly anyone noticed. That's that smutty, hateful stuff juniors write about popular senior girls then distribute under the cover of darkness. I thought I had the hottest of hot news. I thought the list had just gotten out again. I called Ladue PR maven Susan Dielmann who broke my heart by telling me I was relaying some really old news. That’s what you get for being late to the rodeo. I checked some high school sources and one said: “I think I heard something about the list, but I never, ever even saw one.” What a bust. So, in an act of sheer desperation, the marauders dropped a copy in my mailbox. Trust me, Ladue students know where I live in Olivette. This is …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Look for some kind of decision at the January 28 board meeting.
The Ladue School District is currently addressing the all-encompassing bell times and bus schedules for the 2013-14 school year. A decision will be made at the regular school board meeting of January 28, 2013. Susan Dielmann, the district communications director sent a message along to the Ladue Parents' Exchange, addressing this issue: "Just a quick FYI from your Ladue Schools Communication Director... The research and factors being considered in establishing bell times and bus schedules for the 2013-14 school year are extensive. This information is being consolidated and will be provided to all district parents after winter break. Parents will then have an opportunity to "weigh in" on their preferences well before the Board of Education …
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A Ladue School District letter describes it as an "ugly tradition" the school has tried to stop.
The parent of a Ladue Horton Watkins High School student has mounted a campaign against what the school district itself has called an "ugly tradition" — an annual list of graduating senior girls that describes them with vulgarities and obscenities and is circulated throughout the school. A series of letters between parent Ruth Ahlemeier and various officials with the Ladue School District describes Ahlemeier's efforts to have the practice in Ladue High stopped and the district's efforts to investigate her complaints. In one letter, shared with Patch on Monday, the president of the school board, Jayne Langsam, responded to Ahlemeier, recounting a conversation Ahlemeier had with Ladue High's principal: "The principal did say during the …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Fifty-three percent of voters voted for the 49-cent levy.
On Tuesday voters in the Ladue School District approved Proposition 1, a ballot initiative adding 49 cents to the district’s operating tax levy, bringing it to $3.24. The initiative was passed with 52.77 percent voter approval and with a higher voter turnout than the district has experienced for any ballot initiative in at least 10 years. The district’s request came after district property tax revenue dropped 8 percent over the last five years, during which time the district made over $7 million in expenditure reductions. The approval of Proposition 1 will allow the district to forego $2.1 million in additional expenditure reductions for the 2012-13 school year. These reductions would have included the elimination of 17 positions, …
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SFCaramia
2:21 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
As a former Ladue alumni, I'm sad to say that Mr. Kent is right; only when the punishment has consequences that involve the loss of prestige will things change. Alternatively, impressing upon these students that such behavior is prohibited under Title 9 and engaging in it in the "real world" outside the cocooned environment of Horton Watkins High could have serious job and/or legal repercussions … more ›