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HERMANN – The new school year has gotten off to a good start, but Gasconade County R-1 School District administrators remain concerned about the continued drop in enrollment – a trend district …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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9/23/26
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HERMANN – This year’s Bearcat Memorial Award has been issued to an educator who focused her efforts on those students most in need in schools in Hermann.
The late Cathy Elsenraat on Friday, …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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9/16/26
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HERMANN – Gasconade County R-1 Superintendent Geoff Neill isn’t worried about the dump trucks and semis loaded with rock entering Highway 100 from a local quarry directly across from the Hermann …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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8/26/26
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HERMANN – In a move that effectively puts an end to an effort to have soccer added to the Gasconade County R-1 District’s roster of varsity sports, a divided school board Thursday night hearkened …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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HERMANN – The office of Hermann High School Principal Andy Emmons was a busy place this school year. For many students, a lot of those trips weren’t pleasant.
In his year-end report to the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – Gasconade County R-1 Superintendent Geoff Neill wore a look of disappointment tinged with frustration as he did something Thursday night that several of his counterparts across the state …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – The board of the Gasconade County R-1 School District Thursday night agreed to delay a decision on adding soccer to its roster of varsity sports until school officials talk with another …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – The superintendent of Gasconade County R-1 School District is about to take on a task that he’s unfamiliar with, one that he had hoped to avoid. In the next couple school years, he’s …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/3/26
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HERMANN — Hermann High School recognized seniors Grace Engemann and Alaina Heaney as the first two students from the culinary program to earn the ProStart Certificate of Achievement from the …
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By Jeremiah Yonemura; Staff Writer
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5/27/26
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HERMANN – As he was overseeing the return of items from the football field back into school following Thursday night’s graduation ceremony for the Class of 2026, Hermann High School Principal …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/20/26
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HERMANN – The administration of the Gasconade County R-1 School District is bracing for a possible budget deficit next school year — a rare experience in recent years — resulting from cuts to …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/13/26
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HERMANN – A bomb threat hoax that administrators earlier in the week had been cautioned about Thursday morning prompted the evacuation of Hermann High School and a lockdown of the middle and …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/7/26
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HERMANN – Plans are in place for the presentation of 70 diplomas of graduation for the Hermann High School Class of 2026.
This year’s graduating class is about 15 students shy of last …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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4/29/26
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HERMANN – Hermann Middle School Principal Matt Mueller will be moving to the Central Office this fall after being hired as the Gasconade County R-1 School District assistant superintendent.
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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4/15/26
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The third attempt at passing a Gasconade County R-2 no-tax-increase bond issue on April 7 failed to achieve the four-sevenths majority vote. The final votes in Franklin and Gasconade counties were …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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4/15/26
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HERMANN – More than 70 students from Gasconade County R-1 High School and St. George Catholic School last week received lessons in local government during the annual Gasconade County Government Day …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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3/18/26
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HERMANN – Gasconade County R-1 Superintendent Geoff Neill appears to be preparing his district’s Board of Directors for possibly some unpleasant financial times in the coming years.
Not the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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3/18/26
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HERMANN – Thanks to a quirk in the state’s scheduling provisions for the next school year, students in Gasconade County R-1 School District will have a slightly longer summer vacation. But …
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2/18/26
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HERMANN — Voters in the Gasconade County R-1 School District will be asked to decide a $3.5-million bond issue in April, proposing to make upgrades to buildings and grounds.
In a brief special …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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1/21/26
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HERMANN — The projects that would be financed with bond money — and the amount of bond funds to be requested from voters in April — was expected to have been decided yesterday afternoon by the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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1/14/26
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