By Editor | December 23, 2020
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Since Jeanette Wood agreed to take on the duties of Ste. Genevieve County Health Department administrator the first week in September, a cloud had hung over her head.
That cloud, the County Commission’a concern that she could not legally hold the position after having just served on the county health board, finally burst last week.
Wood agreed to resign during last Thursday’s County Commission meeting after Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson and Prosecuting Attorney Wayne Williams discussed the situation with her.
“The problem is we’re breaking the law and we know it,” Nelson told Wood. “I took an oath to support the Missouri Constitution and the laws that go with it. That man (Williams) did the same thing. We have nothing against Jeanette Wood. You’ve been a community pillar for 40 years, we’ve been friends for 20 years. If it was Randy Bahr sitting here, it would be the same thing.”
By Editor | December 23, 2020
By Mark Evans
mevans@stegenherald.com
Ste. Genevieve R-II School District board members and administers addressed parental frustrations and desires to see students back in full-time classes toward the end of the Dec. 15 board meeting.
“I’m very proud of how cautious we’ve been for our students, teachers, staff and our community, through the masks, the blended program, the Plexiglas, additional janitorial staff, a multitude of items we’ve done to mitigate the effects of COVID,” board president David Bova said. “And, I think they’ve been successful. As best I can tell, [there has been] very little transmission inside the buildings.”