This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the Oct. 10, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.

View a recording from the Oct. 10 Board Meeting

Board President Remarks

• Andy Bresler, Marissa Rosen, and I participated in a panel discussion with doctoral candidates at Saint Louis University on Saturday. It was provided by Dr. Donna Jahnke. It was an opportunity to share more about our experiences on the Board of Education.

• I want to also mention that I met with The Village, formerly CURE, and it was an awesome opportunity to meet with students and parents who are of African American descent or have African American students. The room was full and it was great to see so many people out in support of the district’s diversity efforts.

 

Superintendent Remarks

• Although we just had our last Board meeting on Sept. 29, a lot has happened in our schools since then. We had the Mile Run at Conway on Sept. 30. We also had the KSDK pep rally at our high school this past Friday, which started at 5:45 in the morning. I would guess we had about 150 students there who came to support the team.

• I want to give a shoutout to our girls’ softball team which won the conference championship.

• The LEF ‘Due Run took place on Saturday and welcomed almost 500 participants; I had a lot of fun at the event.

• We held our first Parent District Council meeting along with our first meeting of The Village this year. We continue to receive valuable feedback from our parents in regard to start and end times and potential changes for next year. We will offer a virtual parent forum on Wednesday to allow for even more parent feedback.

• Be on the lookout in the future for more information about community tours of our Prop L projects. In particular, tours of Spoede will be offered Nov. 10.

• Our Legislative Board Advisory Committee will meet for the first time on Oct. 19. You can find more information about that on our district website.

 

ACTION ITEMS

2023-24 Board Meeting Schedule

The Board approved its meeting dates for the 2023-24 school year.

Board Advisory Committee Updates

The Board approved appointees to the district’s newly created Legislative Board Advisory Committee and the Early Childhood Board Advisory Committee.

 

INFORMATION ITEMS

2022-23 Board Meeting Dates Revision

Kisha Lee introduced a draft of revised Board meeting dates for the current school year.

2022-23 Bus Routes/Mileage

Dr. Geoff Macy provided an update on the district’s current transportation program including route and ridership data.

System Design Zone Resolution

Dr. Amy Zielinski shared a resolution discussing the district’s prospective membership in the System Design Zone, a collaborative initiative where leading Missouri public school districts and charter schools work together to grow in their understanding and application of using a competency-based mindset to personalize learning to ensure every student has the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to be high school-, college-, career-, and workplace-ready.

St. Louis Virtual Campus

Dr. Zielinski provided an update on St. Louis Virtual Campus, a program that will offer K-5 virtual curriculum and select virtual high school courses.

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the Featured tab of BoardDocs when the meeting information is officially posted.