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It's that time of year again when we start preparing for wintery weather. As always, I will make that call as early as possible. When I do, I will send a text message and an email, and that goes out to parents who are in our student information system. If you are not already receiving regular texts and emails from us, your information may not be in the system, or we may not have the correct phone number or email address. Please contact the building secretary to update your information. Closings will also be posted on our Facebook page, website, and on local TV stations.

We also have procedures in place for a 2-hour late start when road conditions look like they will improve in time to start at 10:00 a.m. On those days, we will not serve breakfast, and buses will run 2 hours later than usual. This notification will also be sent as early as possible so parents can make morning arrangements if needed. If inclement weather should start during the school day forcing us to close early, we will also give as much notification as possible, but please have a plan for this if it should happen; sometimes the weather changes quickly and we don't have much time to notify parents.

As with everything we do, student safety is our number one concern, and snow day calls are sometimes difficult to make. I appreciate your cooperation as we make plans for inclement weather.

Dr. Spencer

We learned about shapes and built houses.

We also played our own version of heads up practicing math equations.

We did magic water color by writing our names in white crayon and used water colors to magically make it appear.

Our Floral Design students had a wonderful time creating beautiful bouquets for the Carnival Coronation! We love seeing their creativity and talents bloom!

The mission of the Miller County R-III School District, in partnership with our students, parents, staff, and community, is to promote PRIDE and provide a quality education that inspires our students to be lifelong learners.

2026-27 Meal Prices

2026-27 School Calendar

Instructions for Parent TeacherEase App/Website

Purchase student accident insurance from K&K

Calendar of All School Events

K-12 Student Handbook

Extra-Curricular Handbook

Title I Resources:

School Wide Program Plan

School, Parent, and Family Engagement Policy

Parents Right to Know

Staff Not Appropriately Certified

• NON-CERTIFIED substitutes to sub for cooks, custodians, and non-CDL special education transportation (school vehicles) on an as-needed basis, hours vary by position. Application and fingerprint background check required. $15/hour for all positions.
• Substitute Teachers, as needed, $115/day, must have substitute certificate and pass a background check.
• Substitute Bus Drivers, $50 per route (a.m. or p.m.) and $17/hour for trip drivers, including wait time for the 2026-27 school year.

Interested parties should contact Dr. Spencer at tspencer@tuscumbialions.k12.mo.us, or come by central office during working hours for an application.

It's always a great day to be a Lion! Come join our Pride!

The Miller County R-III School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

If you are interested in becoming a substitute teacher and you do not have the required 36 college hours, you can do an online course that will allow you to get a substitute certificate. Here is the link to that course, and here is the link to the DESE web page that gives you more information about what you need to do to get a substitute certification.