Schools

South Nodaway BOE

The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met in open and closed sessions to handle the following school district business: Magen Norcross was hired as the school social worker for the 2019-20 school year. She will begin her duties in August and has a 10-month contract. With all of the snow days and to keep

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Northeast Nodaway BOE

The school board of the Northeast Nodaway School met February 21 to speak to the business of the district: • Interim Superintendent and Principal Jason McDowell presented the 2019-20 school calendar. Approved. • Heidi Beatty, Denise Henggeler and Drew Bruner presented options for an updated salary schedule. • Approved a bid from Clevenger & Associates,

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Maryville BOE

The Maryville School board of education met February 20 to address the following business: • Approved the consent agenda which included $18,953,023.37 as the balance of all funds as of January 31, 2019, and the food service reports. • Superintendent Dr. Becky Albrecht reviewed the late starts, early outs and snow days so far and

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West Nodaway BOE

The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met in open and two closed sessions on February 13 to handle the following school district business: The 2018-19 school year calendar was revised to take into account the school closing or snow days. The district has been closed a total of eight days, but will only have

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How the snow days add up for local schools

By Jason McDowell, Northeast Nodaway acting superintendent This has been a particularly hard winter on northwest Missouri. One easy way to gauge is by how many snow days, early outs and late starts your district has had. As I type this, my district, Northeast Nodaway, has had eight snow days, three late starts and two

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Health sciences course offers varied, new experiences for students

By Kathryn Rice To support the growing interests of high school students in the healthcare profession, the Health Sciences class at the Northwest Technical School has increased the courses of study available, including veterinary science. In its third year, Health Science Instructor Bing Boettner said the program has grown from one student the first year,

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Dougan selected as Northeast Nodaway superintendent

The Northeast Nodaway R-V Board of Education selected Brenda Dougan as the 2019-20 school superintendent and she will begin her duties on July 1. Dougan has been in education for 26 years with 12 years in administration. She has been employed at Ridgeway R-V since 2014 and is currently serving as superintendent. She has a

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West Nodaway hires Mitch Barnes as 6-12 principal

The West Nodaway Board of Education selected Mitch Barnes as the 6-12 principal for the 2019-20 school year during its February 7 meeting. Barnes is currently serving as 7-12 principal at Braymer School District, a position he has held for 10 years. Also at Braymer, he served as K-12 principal and interim superintendent. Originally from Trenton,

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DESE releases 2018 APR for Nodaway County schools

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced statewide results for district Annual Performance Reports (APR) for the 2017-18 school year with all Nodaway County schools receiving the Accredited level. This year’s APR data reflected a slightly heavier focus on non-academic factors such as  college and career readiness, attendance and graduation rates. Nodaway

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School Calendar: February 10 to 16

Sunday • Northeast Nodaway Booster Club 3/4 BB Tourney • North Nodaway PAT Group Connection, 1 pm   Monday • Nodaway-Holt FCCLA Week begins • South Nodaway MoWest HS Honor Choir • West Nodaway Book Fair begins • St. Gregory’s Preschool Muffins with Mom, 7 am • Jefferson, South Nodaway JH Scholar Bowl at Union Star,

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