Jefferson City, MO. On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee spent time on Senate Bill 5. Senator Andrew Koenig of Manchester says this measure seeks to allow the enrollment of nonresident students in public school districts: The bill would create the Parent Public School Choice Fund, pulling $60 million from state appropriations. Information was given during the hearing by Susan Pendergrass of the Show Me Institute, a conservative think-tank based in St. Louis, and Dr. Sean Kirksy, superintendent of the Camdenton School District, who returned to the school in 2021 after agreeing to leave the position of Camdenton middle school principal in 2013 following state assessment testing issues. Multiple pro-charter speakers stood as witnesses for the bill such as lobbyist Tricia Workman of the Missouri Charter Public school association and Tashayla Person of the Quality Schools coalition. Witnesses against the bill included Gail Griswold of the Camdenton
The president of the Camdenton Board of Education is being called out for her public comments regarding claims that the Camdenton School District was not properly notified of plans for
After winning the Award for Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History in June for a project related to Bear River water history, the Hyrum City Museum