January 31, 2002
Wyaconda School Board Votes To Close District's High School Next Year
Wyaconda Board of
Education President Gayle Randle received the votes of her fellow board members. Randle
made it a unanimous 7-0 vote to close the Wyaconda High School and make
the transition to a kindergarten through eighth grade school.
*Memphis Democrat
Wyaconda's John Austin Inducted Into Missouri Coaches Hall Of Fame
A former head coach for the Wyaconda high school basketball teams was among the 13 inductees in the 2003 class of the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame enshrined in the ceremony July 11 in Springfield.
The MBCA honored John Austin among the 2003 Class of Inductees, which featured 12 coaches and one sports writer, during the St. John's Midwest Sports Medicine/MBCA All-Star Games.
Austin coached at Wyaconda C-1 High School for 30 years, winning over 830 games as a high school, junior high boys, and girls coach. His teams won 13 boys tournament championships and 12 girls tournament titles. In addition his junior high teams won 12 tourney championships.
His awards include the 1985 District 1A Coach of the Year, 1991 NMOA All-Star Coach, 1994 MAPHERD Teacher of the Year for Secondary Physical Education and 1998 MIAAA 25 Year Service Award for Administration and Coaching.
*Memphis Democrat
April 8, 2008
May 1, 2008
Wyaconda C-I School District to be Dissolved
The State Board of Education voted April 24th to dissolve the Wyaconda
C-1 School District at the end of this year and assign its students to
neighboring school districts. The district has about 35 students in
grades K-8.
The Wyaconda district has been classified as unaccredited for the past
two years, due to lagging academic performance. Because the district
failed to regain accreditation within the two years allowed by state
law (Section 162.081), the district will “lapse” on June 30. The State
Board of Education is required to assign Wyaconda’s students elsewhere.
At the election earlier this month, Wyaconda residents defeated a
proposal to annex the district to the adjoining Gorin R-III School
District in Scotland County.
The State Board of Education met April 24th in Jefferson City. Under a
plan recommended by Commissioner of Education D. Kent King, the board
approved the assignment of the territory of Wyaconda that is in Clark
County to the Clark County R-I School District, at Kahoka.
These changes will take effect July 1, leaving Missouri with 523 public school districts.
Wyaconda is the first school district to lapse as a result of academic
performance and subsequent loss of accreditation. In the early 1990s,
the State Board of Education had to reassign students in three
communities after their school districts closed for financial reasons.
*Memphis Democrat
USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS $2,749,700 EARTH DAY
FUNDS TO
FIVE COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
On April 24th, 2007, five communities in Northeast Missouri were recognized for their
contributions in providing environmentally sound infrastructure in their respective communities.
During this recognition ceremony, Tim Freeman, representative for Congressman Kenny Hulshof and Naomi Boss, representative for Congressman Sam Graves, presented a $2,749,700 mock check to these communities. This represents the amount of funding that USDA Rural Development has awarded to these communities in 2007 for the purpose of building these types of facilities.
USDA Rural Development joins in this Earth Day celebration of protecting and improving
the environment, especially with regard to improving the quality of life and rural economic development. One of the ways that we are able to do this is by partnering with your local entities to provide and improve access to clean, safe drinking water and decent, safe, and sanitary wastewater collection and treatment systems. Earth Day is Every Day for Everybody!
- City of Wellsville for Water - $739,600
- Howard Co. PWSD #1 for Water - $1,300,000
- Clark Co. PWSD #1 on behalf of City of Wyaconda for Water - $148,000
- City of Bunceton for Water - $555,000
- City of Lancaster for a Pre-Development Planning Grant for Water - $7,100
In addition, to being recognized for this 2007 Earth Day Honor, your local representatives also attended an Owners Workshop for Water and Wastewater Owners/Operators in Moberly, MO. They spent the day increasing their knowledge base with educators from Midwest Assistance Program, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Rural Water Association, and USDA Rural Development.
USDA Rural Development appreciates the time, effort, and support put forth by all those involved with infrastructure and the environment, and extends special thanks to our Federal elected officials for making available Federal monies for funding these Water and Wastewater Programs.
USDA Rural Development's mission is to deliver programs in a way that will support
increasing economic opportunity and improve the quality of life of rural residents. As a venture capital entity, Rural Development to provides equity and technical assistance to finance and foster growth in home ownership, business development, and critical community and technology infrastructure. Further information on any rural programs is available at a local USDA Rural Development office, by calling 660-665-3274 extension 4 or by visiting USDA's web site at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mo/.