Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Three candidates are running for two seats
On April 3, voters in the Ladue School District will elect two candidates to the board of education. Three people are running for office. Each of the candidates provided the district with brief autobiographic informtion and indicated why they are running for office and what they think are key issues facing the district in the next few years. This week, we're republishing these profiles here. Today: Audrey Mack I was born and raised in the Kansas City, Missouri, area and moved to St. Louis after graduation from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1989. My husband, Rich Mack, and I have two children, who attend Ladue Schools. During my nine years of Board service, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to address the complex issues …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Four candidates filed Tuesday for two available seats on the Ladue Board of Education up for election in 2012.
Four candidates have already stepped forward to be on the ballot when Ladue School district voters head to the polls next April to elect two members of the board of education and to decide the fate of a tax levy increase. Among those filing on the first day candidates could submit their information to get on the ballot were incumbents, Board President Sheri Glantz and Vice President Audrey Mack. Glantz's husband Barry, filed the same day to run for Mayor in Creve Coeur. Also filing for Ladue School board Tuesday were Lee Brotherton and Nancy Leve Goldstein. The district was not required to hold a school board election in 2010 because the number of declared candidates equaled the number of open seats. The last day for candidates to file to …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Election will be held April 3, 2012 on a proposal to raise the levy by 49 cents.
The Ladue School Board voted without opposition Monday to place a 49-cent tax levy increase on the April ballot. After months of discussions, the board voted earlier this month to propel the tax levy increase for voter consideration. Left unfinished was choosing the date of the public vote, as well as a one-letter name for the proposition. The board voted unanimously to hold the election on April 3, 2012 and to call the measure ‘Proposition 1.’ Jason Buckner, the district’s assistant superintendent for business and finance, said the administration had considered holding the vote on the tax levy in February as a show of respect to staff who could be affected if the measure doesn’t pass. “At first we thought – mainly because in respect to …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
If approved, the measure will raise the district's tax levy by 49 cents.
The Ladue School Board will let voters decide next year whether to increase its tax levy by 49 cents. The board voted 5-1 on Monday to place a proposition up for a public vote authorizing the school district “to increase the operating tax levy of the District by $0.49 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.” According to the ballot language, the increase would be used for “paying for costs of educational programs, school supplies and equipment, student transportation, employee salaries, utilities, maintaining existing facilities, and other operational expenses of the District.” If the measure is approved by voters, the adjusted operating levy for the district is estimated to be $3.24 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. …
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Board members examined several options in boosting the district's tax levy.
Ladue School Board Member Andy Bresler says that a tax levy increase is the only way to keep the district from falling behind other St. Louis County school systems. But despite his support, Bresler says that potential opposition to the proposal “scares the heck out of him.” He envisioned a placard that states “Say No to a 41.5 Percent Increase” if one option presented at a Monday meeting is on the ballot. “It’s going to give me chest pains as I drive down McKnight Road on the way home,” Bresler said. “It speaks to how important it is that we ask for enough, but not too much,” he added. “Because that number is going to be out there. And candidly, even as a person who supports education… we shouldn’t be asking for any more than we really …
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Some board members find idea transformational, while others feel it could threaten a proposed tax levy.
Students at Ladue Horton Watkins High School would get a laptop under a proposal discussed Monday at a Ladue Board of Education work session. Rob Highfill, who serves as Ladue School District's Director of Information Technology Services, gave a presentation to the board dubbed the “21st Century Learning Initiative.” At the heart of the plan is providing every high school student in the district with a laptop by the 2012-2013 school year, which he said could result anywhere from a $100,000 to $165,000 a year increase in the yearly capital budget. Highfill said the initiative could provide students with expanded and constantly updated information. He also said laptops would provide students with access to technology resources at all times…
LSF
4:37 pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
This is a big tax increase, folks - and represents only a portion of what the board thinks it deserves. The board will keep coming back for more until voters say no. more ›