BELLE — Maries County R-2 Superintendent Dr. Lenice Basham informed the board of education on Oct. 24 that two director terms expire and will be on the 2024 April ballot.
“Kenda …
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BELLE — Maries County R-2 Superintendent Dr. Lenice Basham informed the board of education on Oct. 24 that two director terms expire and will be on the 2024 April ballot.
“Kenda Sanders and Aaron Vandegriff terms are up,” Basham said. “We need to approve the candidate filing period.
Due to a change in the law last year, filing will open on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 a.m. and close at five on Tuesday, Dec. 26. The district will be closed for Christmas break Dec. 22-Jan. Filing will be unavailable when the district is closed for inclement weather or during break, except for the half day on the 26th.
“We are required by law to be open on the last day of filing,” Basham said. “The office will be open on Dec. 26 from noon to 5 p.m. to allow for the last day of filing. The ballot placement will be by order of filing.”
Under the provisions of Missouri State Statute Section 115:124, if the number of candidates who file is equal to the number of positions to be filled by the election (two), no election will be held. However, if the number of candidates filing exceeds the number of positions, the annual school board election will be held on April 2, 2024.
The board approved the filing and ballot language with a 6-0 vote.
In other news, Assistant Principal Bobbi Robertson informed the board in her report that attendance has increased at the elementary school from 84 percent off students in class 90 percent of the time or better, up two percent from last month. High School also increased its attendance to 83 percent of students in class 90 percent of the time or better, up five percent over last month. Middle school decreased attendance by two percent to 82 percent of students in class 90 percent of the time or better. The overall district attendance increase was three percent.
Robertson continues to meet with students who are below 80 percent attendance to discuss the amount of days or hours they are missing class and how it impacts their grades.
“I meet with these students weekly to check in on them and see how their grades and attendance are doing,” she said. “We have discussed the amount of days\hours they have missed and the impact it has had on their grades.”
