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Hazelwood School Board Honors Ann Gibbons, Hears Budget Report
June 28, 2011
By Jeremy Thomas
The Hazelwood School District board of education meeting June 14 featured several different topics covered in under a two-hour time span. The meeting started off with a special recognition to long-time board member Ann Gibbons who received the prestigious Paul Morris community service award. She was selected from a list of ten individuals statewide and honored at a dinner on June 3.
Along with this achievement Gibbons recently received the Missouri School Board Association Gold Boardmanship award for outstanding participation. Following this special recognition was a student scholarship recognition , which honored three students from all three Hazelwood high schools. The students each received a $1,000 scholarship from Hazelwood NEA president Paul Alvord.
The Professional Learning Communities (PLC): Steering committee lead by Assistant Supt. Steve Sandbothe , in a power-point presenation, displayed their goals of helping students succeed in academics and later in life.
This lead into one of the main topics discussed in the meeting which was an in depth look a the 2011-2012 and financial state of the district. Beginning balance and
estimates receipts for the upcoming school year totaled $336.8 million. With estimated expenditures of about $233.9 million, the estimates ending balance next year was placed at $102.8 million.
Towards the conclusion of the meeting, three concerned parents voiced their opinions about the current one mile radius zone that one must live in to be eligible to ride the school bus. A group of three women including Lisa Thompson brought attention to the board their viewpoint on the zoning radius.
The three said that they all have children who attend a Hazelwood elementary school Their children have to walk to school, even though they barely live pass the one mile radius. The parents were gracious saying that the school district provides excellent schools, and provides many students to catch the bus to school. However they expressed a little concern with young children walking to school in what one woman said were “dangerous” conditions for them.
The women said they wanted to voice their opinion about this issue, and were not necessarily trying to convince the board to change the zones, but to be aware and have interest in the students that walk to school, especially the younger ones.
