A student wore a Confederate flag mask to Oakville High School Tuesday that apparently went either unnoticed or unreported by teachers for two 90-minute classes, upsetting students who reported the mask to their parents.
The male student wore a mask with a prominent Confederate flag on it Tuesday, the first day back in classes for Mehlville School District students since November. As part of coming back to class under the blended/hybrid model in which half the students switch days attending in person, St. Louis County regulations require all students to wear face masks, as they have since the beginning of the year. If students do not have face masks, the district will provide one.
Mehlville Board of Education President Kevin Schartner will once again lead the board after he was re-elected to the position by acclamation at the board’s June 11 meeting.
Schartner, who was first elected to the board in 2016, was elected president last year, when he was nominated by then three-term president Samantha Stormer, who also left the board June 11. This year he was nominated for board president by newly re-elected board member Peggy Hassler, who was herself elected vice president by acclamation after she was nominated by then-Vice President Larry Felton. There were no other nominations for either role.
“I really do feel blessed to work with the members I work with. A lot of boards have infighting. … We’ve got seven different people and we argue a good amount, but we’re not people that hold that against each other or not come to a resolution,” said Schartner at the time. “I’m blessed to be in a position where I am with this board. It’s a great time to b