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The Affton School District Board of Education will vote on the 2025 tax rate on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. during the annual scheduled tax rate hearing. This year’s proposed rate is $4.5418 per $100 assessed valuation, a $0.3908 decrease from the 2024 rate, which was $4.9326, and maintaining a voluntary tax rollback of 35-cents first introduced in 2017. This 35-cent rollback reduces the tax burden for the community by approximately $2.44 million for 2025.

The tax rate hearing will begin at 7 p.m. and will be followed immediately by the regular business meeting of the Board of Education in the Multipurpose Room at Affton Early Childhood (9832 Reavis Road, 63123). The public is invited to attend all meetings of the Board of Education. Click here to view the agenda: https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/index.aspx?S=435

🍦🎉 Congratulations to Esther, Rukshar, Luc, Marci, Nic, Frankie, Miles, and Teagan! 🎉🍦 These students earned the Ice Cream with the Principal celebration by showing what it means to be Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn every day. We are so proud of their hard work! 💙👏

🐾🎉 Congrats to Cannon, Mattea, Bennett, Amina, Carter, Cassidy, Vivi, Char & Dean for winning extra recess in our Cougar Paw Drawing! 🌟👏⚽️

📚✨ A big thank you to Dr. Suggs for visiting Mrs. Bauer’s kindergarten class today to share a story! Our students loved having a special guest reader and enjoyed every moment. 💛🐾

🐴🐑🐖🐄 Mesnier had some very special visitors today! Our students loved meeting the horse, donkey, sheep, cow, and pig at our petting zoo. 🐾 Smiles, laughter, and lots of learning filled the day as we got up close with these amazing animals! 🐷💛

🎉 Big Cougar congratulations to our Positive Office Referral students today! 👏 Riley for jumping in to help during a lesson 🌟 Autumn for her awesome participation during Number Corner 🧹 Jeremiah for keeping our classroom clean and ready to learn We are so proud of the respectful, responsible, and ready-to-learn choices you’re making each day!

🎉 Congratulations to Kate for earning the honor of leading our morning announcements today! 🌟 Way to show respect, responsibility, and readiness to lead the school. We’re proud of you, Kate! 👏📣✨

❤️⚾ Reminder: Tomorrow is St. Louis Cardinals Spirit Day!
Show your team pride by wearing your favorite Cardinals gear or red to school. Let’s fill the halls with Cardinals spirit! 🐦

The first Mesnier Playground Playdate hosted by Affton Parents Club is tomorrow at 1pm! Open to all K-2 students. Come play with friends, old and new! 🛝🐾Due to updates being made at the Mesnier playground, this weeks playdate has been moved to Gotsch playground. See you there!

🍴 Menu Change for Friday at Mesnier! 🍴 Families, please note an update to this Friday’s lunch menu: ✅ Choice #1 – Beef Hot Dogs with Smiley Fries (no change) ✅ Choice #2 – Tony’s Cheese Pizza with Smiley Fries ✅ Choice #3 – Sunbutter & Jelly

🍦👏 Congrats to Emilia, Exander, Jaicyon, Jayden, Liam, Luke, Mae, Muneeb, and Rita for earning Ice Cream with the Principal today for being Respectful, Responsible & Ready to Learn! 🐾💜

💛🐾 A huge THANK YOU to Affton Parents Club, Affton Project Graduation, AHS Athletics, and Affton High School for helping us host our very first Meet Me at the Pitch! ⚽️🎉 It was such a special night celebrating the Class of 2026 and the Class of 2038 together as one Affton community. 💛 We’re grateful for the partnership and support that made this event possible!

🎉 Big shoutout to Lilah for earning the honor of leading our morning announcements today! 📣👏 Way to go, Lilah—we’re so proud of you! 🌟🐾

🎉🐾 Big Cougar Congrats to Hasanat, Aerys, Henry, Ruby, and Layla! 📚✨ They each snagged a new book from our Lucky Cougar Paw Raffle for being respectful, responsible, and ready to learn! 🙌💜 Keep up the PAW-some work, Cougars! 🐾📖💫

📚✨ Mrs. Vantrease’s kindergarteners had a special treat today! Dr. Suggs, Affton’s Assistant Superintendent, visited their class to read a few books. The students loved listening and sharing the joy of reading with her. Thank you, Dr. Suggs, for making storytime extra special! 💛🐾

🎉 Congratulations to Ady and Raelyn for earning a Positive Office Referral! 🌟 They went above and beyond by helping clean their classroom and earned a special trip to the Mesnier photo booth 📸🐾 Way to go, Cougars!

📣 Reminder! Meet at the Pitch is Tonight! ⚽

We can’t wait to see all of our Mesnier families at tonight’s Meet at the Pitch event!

🌟 Kindergarten Families — we ask that you sit on the south side of the stadium near the Alumni Area (look for the picnic tables and the big umbrellas). This will help us easily direct our kindergarten students onto the field from that spot.

Bring your school spirit and let’s have a great night together! 💜

🌟 Exciting Updates Coming to Our Playground! 🌟 For the next two days, our students will be enjoying indoor recess while crews install brand-new ADA accessible playground equipment. We can’t wait to see the improvements that will make our playground even more fun and inclusive for all Cougars! 🐾💜 Stay tuned—we’ll share photos once the installation is complete!

🎉🐾 Big Cougar Congratulations to Lulu, Henry, Harper, Allie, Paisley, Aaro, Emmy, and Zayn! 🐾🎉 These students won the Lucky Cougar Raffle by showing they are respectful, responsible, and ready to learn. Their prize? 🎟️➡️ Extra recess time! 🌟☀️ Way to go, Cougars—keep up the great work! 💜💛

🎉👏 Congratulations to Mallory! 🎤 She earned the opportunity to lead morning announcements today by winning our Cougar Paw raffle. 🐾 Her respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn are shining through—way to go, Mallory! 🌟