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The challenges of hiring teachers and support staff
Updated on 03/17/2023
During the past few years, principals and directors have found it increasingly difficult to hire and keep highly qualified teachers and support staff in Mehlville School District. They’ve noticed that less people are applying for open positions, and once hired, some eventually leave for higher paying positions. 
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Blades Elementary Headlines

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Message from the Principal
Updated on 03/27/2023
Welcome to Blades Elementary. Home of the Bobcats. Thank you to everyone involved in our Trivia Night. It was a huge success. Have a great week. 
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Prop E: Ensuring high-quality staff for Mehlville School District’s students
Updated on 01/25/2023
Proposition E will fund competitive salaries to attract and keep excellent teachers and support staff at Mehlville School District. 
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Blades Elementary School is part of Mehlville School District. Located in south St. Louis County, Mehlville School District encompasses all or part of the unincorporated communities of Mehlville, Oakville, Concord and Lemay. Through its dedication to providing institutional excellence, fiscal responsibility and community benefit, our fully accredited district serves the educational needs of about 10,000 children in a community of about 96,000 residents within 42 square miles.

Portrait of a GraduateThe mission of Mehlville School District is to build a high-performing school system rooted in the community's desire to build a culture of improvement for staff and students. Mehlville School District believes that all of our graduates should be creative and critical thinkers, self-aware, persistent, communicators, and ethical and global. We call this our Portrait of a Graduate.

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