Sunday, January 27, 2013
Improving safety measures has been a renewed emphasis this month throughout the Rockwood School District. This article follows up a previous article regarding whether the district's security "is enough."
In the aftermath of the shooting deaths at Newtown, CT, Rockwood School District students, parents, teachers and staff returned to school after winter break a few weeks ago with a heightened awareness and interest in safety and security measures. Trying to stay ahead of this important initiative, Rockwood Superintendent Bruce Borchers called a meeting among administrators and principals on Jan. 2, prior to classes starting, to make sure current safety procedures were being enforced properly. See related article: Rockwood Security: Is It Enough? Borchers said one of things shared by principals at this meeting was many school offices do not have a “line-of-sight” with the front entrance of the school. He said it was suggested the …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Following is the ballot language voters will see on April 2 about the Rockwood School District's need for finances. The amount increased since last Thursday, from $36.6 million.
Rockwood School District's Board of Eduction directors approved a resolution to place a no-tax increase bond onto the April 2 ballot at Thursday's board meeting. The St. Louis County Board of Election deadline for all spring ballot issues is 5 p.m. on Jan. 22. Prior to the meeting, the suggested amount to place on the ballot was $36.6 million, which was consistent with recommendations from the recent Picture Rockwood process and the amount discussed at last Thursday's board meeting. That breakout is presented in the table within this article. Read previous article: Student Security, Buildings' Maintenance and Technology Top Rockwood Priorities Rockwood's bond issues projects can be summarized as: However, board director Bill Brown …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Will a no-tax rate increase bond issue for the Rockwood School District be placed on the April ballot? Thursday night, a bond amount of $36.6 million was suggested. Would it be supported by voters?
Four 'Picture Rockwood' co-chairs presented recommendations during Thursday's Board of Education directors' meeting, after a four-month community engagement process to hone in on Rockwood School District's future over the next decade and beyond. Their presentation was consistent with the information covered in Monday's two community engagement sessions. One change in the information provided at Thursday's directors' meeting was the amount of the proposed no-tax rate increase bond: $36.6 million. Read this week's Patch two-part series for background and details: 'Picture Rockwood' Feedback Summarized 'Picture Rockwood' Feedback to be Presented Thursday Rockwood's directors said the bond figure is preliminary, and that they have more …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Part 2: Get sneak preview of new findings prior to presentation to Rockwood School District's board of directors Thursday evening. Administrators say district still will be in deficit spending for FY 2014. Safety needs top list of patron support.
Editor's Note: Part 1 of this article previously was published this week as 'Picture Rockwood' Feedback Summarized. That article highlighted findings based on telephone surveys conducted last month. This article continues with other information classified as "key findings" from the entire community engagement process began in September. Picture Rockwood co-chairs will present their recommendations during Thursday's (Jan. 10) Board of Education directors' meeting. The qualitative and quantitative feedback indicated the community-at-large is not ready to move forward with all of the district's stated priorities, but the current focus is on some of the priorities. Rockwood School District Finances' Summary Points from Monday's Public Session…
Eileen Tyrrell
12:57 am on Monday, January 28, 2013
I agree with you Joyce. We can have all the security measure in place, however, if they are not followed and enforced by staff than what is the purpose. Eileen Tyrrell CoFounder/Spokesperson RS for RS more ›