Cooper and Howard counties collectively received nearly $800,000 in Missouri Lottery funding to be used toward education during the 2010 fiscal year, according to a new lottery website.
The fee is $375 per couple and includes the Missouri Grazing Manual, other handouts, plus three lunches and two suppers. Enrollment is limited to 50, with advance registration required.
Students in Donna Goff’s third-grade class at David Barton Elementary School in Boonville recently wrote about their favorite things. Here are some of their thoughts, as shared in the school’s newsletter.
During registration, students may select up to four universities to receive their score reports.
Erich Gerding, communications arts teacher at New Franklin High School, recently got selected to participate in the ASNE (American Society of News Editors) Reynolds High School Journalism Institute. His journalism-related classes include mass media and communications, and he hopes to restart the school’s student newspaper.
Cynthia Reeves told the Blackwater school staff at their first meeting that she is a teacher first, an administrator second.
A 2010-11 tax levy approved Wednesday should free up about $120,000 in the Boonville R-1 School District’s budget that can be used for expenses in areas such as transportation and health services, Superintendent Mark Ficken said.
A decision to print The Pirate Press with a Jefferson City publisher rather than the Boonville Daily News did not stem from the BDN’s coverage of issues surrounding the student paper last fall, Boonville R-1 School District officials said this week.
Boonville High School students started today under a new leader. Jeff Brackman, who had been assistant principal at the school, took over when Jay Webster retired this summer.
The Boonville School Board is scheduled to meet today starting at 6 p.m. to hold a 2010-11 tax levy hearing. Here's a look at other items on the agenda.
A Boonville resident suspected of producing child pornography worked at David Barton Elementary School for several years.
The superintendent of the Blackwater R-2 School District has resigned following allegations that he borrowed money from district employees and community members.
As district officials finalized the budget in late June, Gov. Jay Nixon announced a $70 million cut to state’s busing programs , reducing the Boonville R-1 School District transportation funding by $60,000.
Ryan Benny, Gabby Cade, Brittney Castle, and Paul Oswald, students at Otterville R-VI
School in Otterville,Missouri, represented the state of Missouri at the
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership
Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, July 14-17, 2010.
Earning a spot on Drury University's Dean's List is a significant accomplishment; it means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top10 Midwestern university, according to US News & World Report.
The State Historical Society of Missouri plans to host a mini symposium on the public reception of the art of George Caleb Bingham at 5:30 p.m. on July 20, 2010.
Due to recent state budget cuts, the nearly $7 million program has transitioned to a tuition-based model. The exception is approximately $100,000 set aside by the state for tuition for medically fragile students.
A total of 577 students received diplomas. With another ceremony in December, the combined number of WWU graduates since last May is 1,012.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is now part of a multi-state consortium which is seeking a $160 million federal grant to design the next generation of tests for students in public schools.
Of 57 school buses recently inspected in Cooper and Howard counties, only one had to be taken temporarily out of service for repairs, according to data provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
