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Uphaus named new principal of WPE starting July 1
Officials with the West Plains R-7 School District have announced Virginia Uphaus will assume the role of West Plains Elementary School principal for the 2024-2025 school year. Effective July 1, 2024, she will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of current Principal Becky Hutchinson.  more
Eslinger named new Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
The State Board of Education announced Tuesday that 33rd District Sen. Karla Eslinger, of Wasola in Ozark County, will assume the role as the state’s next commissioner for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) effective June 1, 2024, after concluding her work in the Missouri Senate during the 2024 legislative session. more
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Meagan Jones, family nurse practitioner at the Ozarks Healthcare Zizzer Clinic, can treat students, staff, and faculty from the West Plains School District, ncluding South Fork Elementary,, as well as students from Southern Missouri Technical Institute, formerly South Central Career Center, at 1013 College St. on the West Plains School District’s campus.
OZH offers back-to-school health services for busy families
As students and teachers head back to school, Ozarks Healthcare is reminding busy families of its range of specialized services designed to ensure a healthy and happy school year. more
Potosi man held in Howell Co. on Shannon Co. statutory sodomy charges
A Potosi resident charged in Shannon County with three counts of felony statutory sodomy, or attempt, involving a victim younger than 14, is held in Howell County Jail on $250,000 bond. more
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Classes began today for the 2023-2024 school year in West Plains and surrounding rural schools, including Fairview School on K Highway, about 2.5 miles west of West Plains. Kindergartners in Ashley Bray's class, after getting a recess in, got to work writing the letter "A" on their very first school day. Here, Bray gives student Lorenzo some tips on holding his paper in place with one hand and writing with the other. This is the beginning of Bray's 15th year teaching and her ninth as a kindergarten teacher. The school has four kindergarten classrooms this year, with 13 students in Bray's class. Last year, she said, the school had three kindergarten classrooms and 21 students were in Bray's class.
Fairview kindergartners start off year with an 'A'
New West Plains R-7 School District faculty were introduced by building administrators Tuesday to board members at the start of their regular monthly meeting. West Plains High School Principal Ryan Smith, starting his first school year in that position, mentioned there are 19 new teachers at the high school alone, only four of whom are first-year teachers. In total, there are about 30 new staff members total at the high school. Later in the meeting, District Superintendent Dr. Wes Davis reminded all the district’s administration is grateful to have hired so many experienced teachers for the upcoming school year, some of whom are returning to district employment having worked for other districts or taken a break from the profession. The first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year in West Plains is Aug. 21.
R-7 welcomes new faculty, staff at Tuesday's board meeting
With the new school year just around the corner, members of the West Plains R-7 School Board held their most recent regular monthly meeting Tuesday, a little less than two weeks before classes begin Aug. 21. more
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New West Plains R-7 School District faculty were introduced by building administrators Tuesday to board members at the start of their regular monthly meeting. West Plains High School Principal Ryan Smith, starting his first school year in that position, mentioned there are 19 new teachers at the high school alone, only four of whom are first-year teachers. In total, there are about 30 new staff members total at the high school. Later in the meeting, District Superintendent Dr. Wes Davis reminded all the district’s administration is grateful to have hired so many experienced teachers for the upcoming school year, some of whom are returning to district employment having worked for other districts or taken a break from the profession. The first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year in West Plains is Aug. 21.
R-7 welcomes new faculty, staff at Tuesday's board meeting
With the new school year just around the corner, members of the West Plains R-7 School Board held their most recent regular monthly meeting Tuesday, a little less than two weeks before classes begin Aug. 21. more
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Area school districts are revving up for a new school year, and that includes filling out paperwork and picking up class schedules. High school schedules were available beginning Tuesday and will also be available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the West Plains High School (WPHS) front office, students may pick up their schedules after returning filled out medication forms, a Chromebook care agreement, and may also turn in extras like parking permit applications. For more back-to-school events and activities in West Plains and area schools, turn to Pages A7-A8 of today's Quill. Here, Gabriel Martin picks up his schedule for the beginning of his senior year. He is the son of Quill Reporter Kimberly Langston and Ben and Cory Martin. Seated, from right, are WPHS secretaries Sharon Tuma and Cassie Wakefield and nurse Vanessa Doss.
Gearing up to go back to school
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