Hixson Happenings

16th Issue, March 6, 2019

Reminder-Upcoming Dates

Thursday, March 7th- Lion's Choice Fundraiser 4pm-8pm
Tuesday, March 12th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 4pm-8pm
Wednesday, March 13th- Half Day; students dismissed at 12pm
Wednesday, March 13th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 1pm-4pm
Thursday, March 14th- Firenza Fundraiser 5pm-8pm
Friday, March 15th- No School
Monday, March 18th-Friday, March 22nd- Spring Break
Monday, March 25th- School Resumes
Tuesday, March 26th- Speaker Series Event 6pm-8pm

Parent Teacher Conferences

To schedule a conference with your child's teachers, please visit the link below.

7th Grade Parents: 7th Grade conferences are student-led, so please choose a time when your child is able to join you.

https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Hixson_Middle_School_1

Lion's Choice Fundraiser

Hixson Book Fair

Visit our book fair from March 7th-March 15th or online at:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=hixsonmiddleschool

To check out the interactive book flyer, please click here.

Firenza Fundraiser

Speaker Series Event

Please join us for a speaker series featuring our counselors, nurse, resource officer and library media specialist on Tuesday, March 26th from 6pm-8pm. Click here for more information.

2019-2020 Bus Applications

Attention parents of current 7th graders: Below you will find the application for your student to ride the bus next school year. Applications are due to the Hixson office no later than April 1, 2019.

Current 8th grade parents will need to get next year's bus application from the high school.

Please contact Ms. Edwards at 314-918-4557 with any questions.

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Proposition E on the Ballot April 2

Voters in the Webster Groves School District will be asked to approve the district's Proposition E in the April 2 election. The district has placed information about Prop E on its website. You can find studies, surveys and other information related to development of the proposition as well as a place to ask questions here https://www.webster.k12.mo.us/domain/3898

Over the next few weeks, we'll feature information about the proposition in newsletters and social media, starting with some frequently asked questions.

What is Proposition E?

Proposition E is a no-tax-rate-increase, $22 million bond issue on the ballot April 2 to improve safety, accessibility and other space issues in district buildings and relieve overcrowding in elementary schools.

Six million dollars would be used for safety and accessibility enhancements that include secure doors and controlled, single point of entry vestibules for all buildings, a district-wide communications system, asbestos abatement, secure interior and classroom doors, secure exterior doors, as well as elevators and chairlifts to improve accessibility, in accord with the
Americans with Disabilities Act.

In addition, the bond issue would include $16 million to add space at Hixson Middle School so that sixth grade can be moved there and to convert the Steger Sixth Grade Center/Givens School campus into a single elementary building.

Passage of the bond issue would not raise the district’s current debt service tax rate of 56.99 cents for every $100 of assessed valuation.

How much will this cost me?

Passage of the Proposition E bond issue would not increase the district’s current debt service tax rate. Property owners will continue to pay the current debt service tax rate of 56.99 cents for every $100 of assessed valuation.

Doesn’t the district’s overall tax rate rank at the top of school districts in St. Louis County?

No. The district hasn’t had an increase in its overall tax rate since 2010. It currently ranks ninth out of 22 school districts in the county.