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Pictured with Tamara Day [right], Donna Laseter—the mother of PBHS junior Isaac—was recently elected to succeed Dr. Larry Kimbrow as AAG president.   Applications will soon be sent out to Poplar Bluff High School faculty so they can submit mini-grant requests to the Academic Assistance Group (AAG), which will select what field trips, equipment and other projects to fund during its next board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in conference room 101 at Senior High. Established in 1990, according to school records, the AAG is the ‘booster club’ for all academic departments and functions at PBHS. Its mission is to supplement the instructional needs of teachers that may not have been included in applicable budgets, or educational opportunities

Allen Minor of MOREnet recently surveyed the school bus garage and maintenance shed in an effort to incorporate the departments into the district’s network to improve Internet reliability and speed.   The R-I Board of Education made a prescient investment in technology infrastructure that will position Poplar Bluff Schools to have a reliable Internet connection as students create more intensive multi-media projects under the Digital Transformation. During the monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Administrative Building, the school board unanimously approved MOREnet’s SEMO Fiber Project to build a direct connection to the University of Missouri’s network backbone at a reduced price due to a partnership with the Internet supplier and the E-Rate program, which offers schools discounted telecommunications

Dr. Wesley Payne was named President of Three Rivers College by the institution's Board of Trustees during the Board's monthly meeting in September.   Three Rivers College's Board of Trustees has offered Dr. Wesley Payne a contract as president of the institution, which Payne accepted at the Board's September meeting. The contract makes permanent Payne's appointment as President of Three Rivers, a post that he has been filling in an interim capacity since June. "We felt no need to wait until November to offer Dr. Payne this position," said Randy Grassham, chair of the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees. "He has a clear passion for the work, a proven ability to get along with everyone, and I believe he's

POPLAR BLUFF –Thursday marks the 27th year for Poplar Bluff’s Women Aware Conference being held at the Black River Coliseum. Rozette Little, one of the organizers of the event, says Women Aware is designed to help both women and men network with other area business people, sharing ideas and helping to build the local economy through the things they learn from one another. Featured speaker this year is Jeanne Robertson of North Carolina, who is a highly sought speaker because of her use of humor in her messages. In addition, there will be many breakout sessions for attendees to learn more about specific areas of interest. The cost for the event is $40, and includes a continental breakfast, and a

JEFFERSON CITY - Parents and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) came to blows as they began work on the development of Missouri’s standards for the public schools across the state as part of HB 1490 signed into law by Governor Jay Nixon in July of this year. HB 1490 was supported by parents and citizens from across the state because the intent was to allow parents and teachers to work together to develop Missouri’s educational standards. Throughout the process of lobbying for HB 1490, parents and citizens sought to redress much of the Common Core Standards adopted by the Governor in June of 2009. Regardless of the intent of HB 1490 to allow the groups involved to work