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Construction begins on committee-recommended improvements

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The Mehlville School District Facilities Steering Committee held a series of meetings last spring and fall to review completed facility projects and identify future improvements to best support students.

More than 80 people participated in the committee and hundreds more provided feedback through a survey. Participants toured several schools, learned about recently completed projects and provided recommendations that have informed the development of a capital facilities plan for the next 3-5 years.

The committee has recommended the following facility improvements:

  • Site improvements to parking lots
  • Accessibility and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Safety and security: This includes improved fencing, interior and exterior doors and lighting
  • Improved instructional spaces: This includes appropriate space for all educational content areas and upgrades to science labs, family and consumer science classrooms, libraries and performing arts facilities
  • Restroom modernization
  • Co-curricular facilities, including:
    • Performing arts facility at Oakville High School
    • High school stadium and field upgrades
    • Middle school fields and gymnasium upgrades
    • Elementary outdoor spaces and playground upgrades
  • Multipurpose spaces and storm shelters

Many of these projects can be completed using the district’s capital budget. Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher, CPA presented a capital plan for fiscal year 2026-2028 to the Mehlville Board of Education in February. You can see the latest plan on the district website. 

This is an evolving plan. All projects require board approval per policy. Estimated costs will change as bids are received. Estimated capital funds available will be updated as the district has more information about actual revenue.

As of the March Board of Education meeting, funding has been approved and work is either underway or scheduled for the following projects on the capital plan:

Site improvements

  • Refinishing of parking lots at Blades and Oakville elementary schools, Buerkle Middle and Oakville High

Safety and security

  • Additional district-wide keypad entries
  • Exterior lighting at 11 schools: Beasley, Bierbaum, Blades, Forder, Trautwein, Wohlwend, Bernard Middle, Buerkle Middle, Washington Middle, Oakville Middle, and Oakville High

Instructional spaces

  • Library carpet replacements

Restroom modernization

  • Restroom upgrades at Mehlville High

Co-curricular spaces

  • Playground replacements at Point Elementary and Trautwein Elementary
  • Turfed baseball, softball and game fields at Oakville High, as well as updated dugouts, backstop and storage for the baseball/softball field.
  • Synthetic gym flooring at Oakville and Washington middle schools