Wednesday, January 16, 2013
There will be no school board elections for either Maplewood Richmond Heights or Brentwood school districts this April.
Voters in the Maplewood Richmond Heights and Brentwood school districts won't be voting on school board members. In MRH only the two incumbents, Nelson Mitten and Brooke Rintoul filed to run. When the number of those running equals the number of open seats, there's no election. In Brentwood, only incumbents Regina Gahr and Chris Jones filed for the open positions. The school district isn't required to hold an election when that occurs. Also in Patch: This article was updated at 1 p.m. on Jan. 16 to include correct information for the MRH district, that no election will be held.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Both districts scored perfect 14s recently. The new system is based on 100, and neither hit it.
Under a new rating system for Missouri school districts, Brentwood and Maplewood Richmond Heights look not at perfect as they have in the past. Brentwood has earned a perfect 14 since 2006, according to superintendent David Faulkner. Missouri Department of Education information shows MRH reached 14 the past three years, and 11 the two before that. (See attached PDF.) The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports under the new, more rigorous scale, based on 100, Brentwood would score 97.9 and MRH an 81.8, based on current data. A few districts reached 100, including Clayton, Kirkwood and Lindbergh. The St. Louis Public Schools were given a 22.5. The new scores will eventually be used for accreditation, with a score of 70 being the minimum, the Post …
Friday, December 21, 2012
The National Rifle Association announced a plan for armed civilians in schools. Brentwood's school superintendent had no comment, but the police chief discussed school security in a meeting Thursday night.
In today's press conference in Washington DC, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT, and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Brentwood School Superintendent David Faulkner declined to comment on the NRA announcement. "It is not my place to comment on this position statement at this time," Faulkner said in an email to Patch. "I really do appreciate that you understand why we are keeping our security …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
All safety policies and procedures will be reviewed with a new perspective.
Friday's mass shooting of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, has prompted the Brentwood School District to seek input from every school community member. Brentwood Superintendent David Faulkner listed steps the school district is taking in response to the tragedy: In response to the events at Sandy Hook, we have invited every member of our school community to provide input on ways that we could improve our procedures and facilities. Each principal has communicated with his or her staff, the entire administrative team has met, and I have met with the Board of Education. Our current and former school resource officers have met with individual principals, and our district safety officer will be …
Brentwood, Ladue and Bayless school districts have seen the steepest increases.
As the Brentwood Board of Education has asked a special commision to take a close look at the district's finances, a Dec. 19 article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch points out the school district tax rate has increased 44 percent since 2007. Among St. Louis County school districts, the three highest tax rate increases on a percentage basis were in Bayless, Ladue and Brentwood. Voters in Bayless approved a 28 percent tax rate increase, while Ladue voters approved a tax rate hike of 17 percent. In Brentwood, the School Board acted on its own to raise the district’s rate by almost 10 percent, to $3.95 per $100 of assessed valuation. Brentwood’s tax rate has jumped by 44 percent since 2007, when the district’s rate was $2.74. That same period …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A special committee will report to the board in January.
On the first day candidates for school boards can file to run in April, Brentwood incumbents Chris Jones and Regina Gahr arrived at the district office at 8 a.m. Brentwood Superintendent of Schools David Faulkner caught up current school board president Jones on a new committee tasked to look at the district’s bugdet and consider long-term financing. The district cut $739,000 from the budget in February to stay in the black. Though the committee is scheduled to report to the board on Jan. 15, which would allow time for an April vote on a bond issue, Faulkner said the purpose is to look at the district’s finances and say, “where are we? “(A bond issue) is not a forgone conclusion,” he said. The committee of 18 consists of staff members and …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Superintendent Faulkner has been taking his message to teachers and parents, trying to help them understand what has happened and what is being done about it.
The Brentwood School District has tried to make budget cuts away from students.
The Brentwood School District has taken a financial hit, with first-ever receding property values in 2009 and 2011. Superintendent David Faulkner is new this year. He was the assistant superintendent before that, so he knew what he was getting into. He said the district has made cuts in every area, and have been careful to target those cuts far away from students. Approximately 93 percent of the school district’s funding comes from Brentwood tax revenues, with the remaining 7 percent from county, state, and federal sources, superintendent David Faulkner said in an email to Patch. Patch also met with Faulkner in his office on Oct. 26 to talk about the district’s finances. A previous article covered the school district’s financial situation…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Superintendent Faulkner has been taking his message to teachers and parents, trying to help them understand what has happened and what is being done about it.
New Brentwood School District superintendent David Faulkner inherited a district in the black, but only thanks to a $739,000 budget cut the school board made in February of this year. Then superintendent, Charlie Penberthy, explained the situation in a March 9 Patch article. In a meeting with Patch on Oct. 28, Faulkner, said he knew what he was getting into when he took the job. He’s been meeting with Brentwood School District staff members and PTOs for the past six months, explaining the situation. "We have been addressing the situation for the last three years," Faulkner said. "Our revenues have followed the direction of the economy, but unfortunately, our expenses have not been as flexible." He said the staff has heard it before, but it…
Monday, August 6, 2012
David Faulkner said he wants the mindset to be to save money where ever possible.
David Faulkner is almost 50 years old and has been in education 25 of those years. This year he’s taking over as superintendent of the Brentwood School District. “It’s been a lot to learn starting from day one, although I’ve had the advantage of seeing it from across the hall,” he said. Faulker had been the assistant superintendent to former superintendent, Dr. Charles Penberthy. Penberthy announced his retirement last year. “It was really nice,” Faulkner said, “having that long transition between January when I was appointed and July 1 when I took over, because I got to pay more attention to how things were done.” The new teachers came in last week for orientation. He said he wants the new hires to know the “unique nature of Brentwood.” …
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