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West Newsmagazine recently reported that the Parkway School District was piloting the use of Polar Active fitness monitors to help students track their progress toward achieving an hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day. Last... read more »
Despite complaints that the public did not have a voice in the decision, the Parkway Board of Education unanimously approved a budget that will cut between $7.45 million and $9.63 million over the next two years. Parkway’s chief financial... read more »
Parents know how difficult it can be to get a child off the couch and outside playing. The Parkway School District is hoping that kids may be more responsive to a little guy on a screen. The district is rolling out a pilot program that it introduced... read more »
Plans to cut Parkway’s budget now include eliminating more than 40 administrative and instructional support positions, reducing program and school operating budgets by 10 percent and restructuring how reading and math interventions are delivered... read more »
The project is called “Take a Seat in Chesterfield” and that is exactly what students at Parkway Central Middle School did when the large, white chair recently moved into their art room. They were sitting in it, on it, and all around it... read more »
Parkway school officials are getting ready to tighten their financial belts for the next couple of years. The district’s chief financial officer (CFO), Mark Stockwell, told the school board at its meeting on Dec. 7 that it needs to cut costs... read more »
The terms of Helen Casteel and Beth Feldman on the Parkway Board of Education expire in April 2012, leaving open two director positions, each for a three-year term, in the April 2012 election. Candidate filing begins at 8 a.m. on Tues., Dec.... read more »
The Parkway Alumni Association (PAA) has inducted Jenny (Skinner) Hosch, a 1978 graduate of Parkway West High, to its honorary board. Hosch for many years has been a member of the Parkway Alumni Board of Directors and an involved parent and... read more »
Of more than 1,100 students attending Parkway’s new, free, full-day kindergarten, only seven are going for just half-day. Several district administrators and principals updated the Parkway School District Board of Education on the new program... read more »
For many years, the “Top 10” students graduating from each of Parkway’s four high schools with the highest grades in their class have been the ones recognized for academic achievement. Parkway now is looking at ways that more than those... read more »