Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday night, school board members will discuss possible security changes coming in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting.
The Ladue school district, which responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting last month by making one quick change at Horton Watkins High School to lock doors during the day, will outline other measures at Monday's school board meeting which could still be taken to improve school security. A more thorough conversation on security is planned for board discussion next month. Awareness of issues surrounding school security at Ladue schools has been heightened in recent weeks. An Instagram account discovered recently featured a profile photo of the shooter in the Newtown shooting and prompted school leaders to ask for a ramped up police presence. Police have reportedly issued a search warrant for Instagram in hopes of tracking …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The board continues to explore charging fees for students participating in after-school activities.
During their regular work session, the Ladue School Board decided to wait on more information regarding charging a fee for students who participate in after-school activities. Last year, the district charged students a blanket $50-activity fee for high school students and a $25 one for middle schoolers. Earlier this year, however, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that it was unconstitutional to charge parents an activity fee when their child did not participate in an after-school activity. As a result, Ladue offered to refund the fee to parents who desired to be refunded. Charging parents a fee for students’ activities is one of the ways in which the Ladue School Board is looking at generating some revenue, much needed due to recent …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Required activity fees for students in the upcoming years can help the district with budget-cuts.
Updated at 2:10 p.m.: The headline of this article previously said the school board would discuss blanket activity fees. Blanket activity fees are illegal. The board will discusss charging fees for participation in specific activities. Last year, some parents complained that students who were not involved in any after-school activity were charged a $50 fee for high school students and a $25 one for middle schoolers. "For a first-year implementation, the process went well with very few complaints from parents or students," wrote Superintendent Marsha Chappelow in a letter to the board. "The problem with the fees came up near graduation time last spring when, as in past years, students were sent a letter listing the fees that they still …
Sam Goodman
6:02 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
I am not in this for any reason other than the best for our school district. We have some of the best teachers and adminastrators in the state. I feel that our past practices of budget control from past boards have not been the best. Our board has to look long range to keep problems from shortages of funds from happenning at the level they have gotten. We must have better fiscal responsibilities. more ›