Education coverage from the Chesterfield Valley Post follows Rockwood School District, Parkway, Principia, and the independent and parochial schools across the Chesterfield Valley. We cover school-board decisions, budget and levy votes, construction projects, academic recognitions, and the policies affecting families from elementary through high school.
Rockwood voters narrowly rejected a tax increase to fund teacher raises in November. Every other top-rated school district in West County is facing the same fiscal squeeze and will likely ask voters for relief in the next two years. Here is what is driving it and what it means for your tax bill.
Families in Chesterfield, Wildwood, and surrounding communities who haven't yet signed up their young children for Dolly Parton's
When the Parkway C-2 Board of Education meets tonight at 7 p.m. at Craig Elementary School in Ballwin, it will be
Lafayette High senior Chloe Kim logged more than 400 hours of community service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition work to earn
Samantha Aldenderfer spent her senior year at Marquette High School doing something most teenagers don't: showing up regularly at an
Sarah Moonier has spent 23 years teaching science at Rockwood Summit High School. On Sunday, she earned the district's top
Missouri lawmakers finalized the state's FY2027 budget Monday with zero increase in basic state aid to public schools, leaving Parkway
A bill that would have given parents across Missouri new power over what their children read in school and how districts spend
Families using Rockwood's Adventure Club will pay by the day instead of by the month starting this fall. The before-
The Parkway C-2 Board of Education approved $4.8 million for coaching stipends and activity sponsors across its four high schools at
Four Rockwood R-VI schools have earned the 2026 National School of Character designation from Character.org, extending a streak that has now
Linda Rekas is closing out her Parkway C-2 teaching career the way she spent it — earning recognition for what she brought to
Five Parkway schools will have new principals when students return in August, with the district announcing appointments at two high schools and
Four Rockwood School District campuses were named 2025 National Schools of Character by Character.org — placing them among just 71 schools nationwide
Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain will lead the Rockwood School District through the 2028-2029 school year after the Board of Education voted 7-0
More than 1,600 Rockwood School District seniors will cross the stage at the Family Arena in St. Charles over three days
The Parkway C-2 and Rockwood R-VI school districts must create formal policies for reporting and investigating antisemitism after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed
Chesterfield Elementary's eight-student team read its way back to the top on April 9, winning Rockwood's eighth annual Battle of the Books and claiming the competition's coveted wrestling belt trophy for the third time.
Seven Rockwood School District seniors were named to the 2026 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide honor recognizing the top academic students in each graduating class.
Chesterfield families who've been without their neighborhood library since January will have to wait about another year — but the replacement will be significantly larger, with amenities no other branch in the system offers.
New subdivisions and apartment developments across Chesterfield, Wildwood, and Eureka will now feed into a single elementary school each, after the Rockwood Board of Education approved four boundary corrections at its March 26 meeting.
Chesterfield is spending up to $6 million from the tax-increment financing district underwriting the $2 billion Downtown Chesterfield redevelopment to…
You don't have to be a Rockwood parent to have a say in how the district runs — and the district is counting on that.
Five months after Rockwood R-VI's operating levy failed by fewer than 500 votes, school districts elsewhere in St. Louis County just showed voters will say yes — and that gap is hard to ignore for families in Chesterfield and Wildwood.
If your kids have ever grabbed a free slice at Pizza Fridays, checked out a Gateway to Reading kit, or come home with a Read and Play bag from the library, here's a chance to give back — and have your donation count four times over.
West Middle School in Chesterfield just ranked second in the St. Louis region for reading growth — and picked up $5,000 along the way.