The Week Ahead: Back From Break, A Food Fight and a Mayoral Debate

For many of you, this may be your first time back on Patch in a week or so, as Parkway, De Smet, Chaminade, Ladue and Pattonville Schools are all back in session following spring break. What did your family do on break? Have any fun photos to share? We'd love to see them in our Neighborhood Gallery.

Monday , an opportunity for us to tell you about something you need to act on quickly, like a pending deadline on your child's kindergarten or little league registration. 

We'll be at Monday night's Creve Coeur city council meeting and have details from it starting Tuesday.

You have until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to nominate your favorite place for Mexican food in our . 

Thursday morning, yours truly will have the honor of moderating You're invited to attend and ask questions at the event co-sponsored by Creve Coeur Patch and the . If you can't make it, please take a moment

We'll have coverage of the event afterward, and by Saturday, you'll see our 2012 Municipal Election Guide, with Q&As with candidates, polling information, and what you'll need to make an informed decision April 3.

And before we go, a reminder that Patch businesses and organizations with directory listings on our site (almost everybody!) have until April 8 to claim your listing in our. The St. Louis area Patch site with the most claimed listings from March 7 and April 8 will donate up to $3500 in advertising to a local charity. In this case, we're all playing for the . Click and Claim, everyone!