Northeast Nodaway third graders are rocking kindness. The students have painted colorful rocks with the inscription “NEN Rocks FB.” These have been placed in the Ravenwood and Parnell communities. If someone finds one of the rocks, they are asked to take the time to post about the experience on the class’ Facebook page, “NEN Rocks.”
The Maryville board of education met in the Lee and Nina Schneider Performing Arts Center September 18 with several classes from Northwest Missouri State University’s education department attending. Prior to the business session, the board recognized three students for their art class efforts. They were Kelsie Bailey, 10th grade, Alana Crawford, eighth grade, and Kalani
The Nodaway-Holt R-VII school board heard from the construction team during its monthly meeting on September 18. Representatives from Ellison-Auxier Architects and EL Crawford Construction informed the board they expected to have all of the new construction done within a week. Flooring in all the classrooms had been completed as well as the grating, gravel
The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met in open and two closed sessions on September 11 to handle the following school district business. In closed session, the board took the following actions: • Amended Lisa Filley’s contract to have her work for 3.25 hours per day and 16.25 hours per week to teach preschool
The North Nodaway R-VI Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on August 21 to handle the following school district business. The tax hearing was held before the start of the regular meeting. Assessed personal property valuations in the district are $241,070 lower this year than last. This will cause the district to
The board of education for the Maryville R-II Schools met August 21. Before the open session, the board hosted a public hearing on the proposed budget and the tax levy for 2019-20. Later in the meeting, the board set the tax levy at $5.0657 per $100 assessed valuation and approved the budget as presented by
The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met on August 21 to handle the following school district business. The tax rate was set at $5.9102 per $100 assessed valuation, an increase from $5.902 in 2018. The district had increased in assessed valuation which is the first since the new construction of the KCP&L relay station
The board of education for the Jefferson school met on August 21 with the first item of business being a public hearing for the setting of the tax rate. No citizens were present. Later in the meeting, the board set the tax rate for the coming year at $6.393 per $100 of assessed valuation. This
The Nodaway-Holt R-VII school board approved the annual tax levy during its monthly meeting August 21. This year, the district saw a decrease of 2.65 percent in overall assessed valuation. The operating levy was slightly higher than last year at $3.4029 per $100 of assessed valuation, while the capital project levy stayed the same at
The Northeast Nodaway school board met on August 15 to set the next year’s tax levy and address other school business. • Set the tax rate at $5.6529, an increase of .0454 from last year. • Superintendent Brenda Dougan presented a list of proposed capital improvements for review; action was tabled. • Approved DESE policy
