Thursday, January 31, 2013
The district has 125 two-way radios; more than 200 surveillance cameras in place and extensive planning to protect students and staff alike.
Long before the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting or the Instagram incident at Ladue Middle School, the Ladue School District has had sophisticated and well-planned security measures in place for years. Meanwhile, the district’s security planning and execution goes back more than a decade. Jason Buckner, assistant superintendent for finance and the district’s CFO, has worked on issues involving district security. He gave an update to the school board Monday night. “Our goal is to be 100 percent safe at all times in the district. Sometimes, our own homes are not even 100 percent secured,” Buckner said. There was some discussion of level of involvement by students themselves. Jeff Kopolow, board member and retired teacher, said he has had …
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Jayne Langsam, who will not seek reelection in the upcoming April 2 election, speaks about her experience with the Ladue School District.
Current Ladue School Board President Jayne Langsam said she believes she had a civic duty to serve the Ladue School District, where her two daughters were educated. Now, as both daughters have graduated, Langsam said a chapter of her life has closed. “I always said I only planned to serve one term,” Langsam said, speaking of her decision not to run for reelection for the Ladue Board of Education. But although Langsam only served one term in the board, her involvement in the district spans several years. Langsam served as president of parent associations at Reed Elementary and Ladue Middle School, where she also served in several school committees. When her daughters enrolled in high school she said it was a “natural progression to be in …
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 …
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 ›