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Lauren Suter gets vaccinations at the Ozark County Health Department to meet Missouri requirements for school attendance. Ozark County schools begin their 2018-19 academic year in less than a month. For a complete list of required immunizations, contact the health department, or visit their Facebook page. The health department is offering a vaccination clinic on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Call 679-3334 for an appointment or for more information.
County schools are gearing up for the 2018-2019 school year. Important dates and guidelines are listed below. Bakersfield R-IV SchoolBakersfield school officials remind all students and parents that state law and health regulations require students to be properly immunized and provide verification...

Mike Wallace, standing back, right, has resigned after 22 years with Thornfield School as a teacher and, since 2004, administrator. He’s pictured with his parents, Thornfield residents Maynard and Linda Wallace, left, and sons (back, from left) Cale, 18, Casey, 19, and (front, left) Riley, almost 10, as well as girlfriend Lexie Scott and her son Hoyt, right. Maynard, Cale and Casey all attended school at Thornfield, as did Maynard’s parents, the late Archie and Ruby Mahan Wallace. Mike Wallace has accepted a job as superintendent of schools in Everton, northwest of Springfield.
After 22 years at Thornfield School as a teacher and administrator, Mike Wallace has resigned, effective June 30. Wallace said Monday in an email to the Times that when he told the Thornfield students last month on the last day of school that he was leaving to accept a job in another district, “...

Mike Wallace, standing back, right, has resigned after 22 years with Thornfield School as a teacher and, since 2004, administrator. He’s pictured with his parents, Thornfield residents Maynard and Linda Wallace, left, and sons (back, from left) Cale, 18, Casey, 19, and (front, left) Riley, almost 10, as well as girlfriend Lexie Scott and her son Hoyt, right. Maynard, Cale and Casey all attended school at Thornfield, as did Maynard’s parents, the late Archie and Ruby Mahan Wallace. Mike Wallace has accepted a job as superintendent of schools in Everton, northwest of Springfield.
After 22 years at Thornfield School as a teacher and administrator, Mike Wallace has resigned, effective June 30. Wallace said Monday in an email to the Times that when he told the Thornfield students last month on the last day of school that he was leaving to accept a job in another district, “I’m...
Bakersfield will hold its eighth grade promotion ceremony in the Taylor gymnasium at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10.  The senior awards and scholarship program will be at 9 a.m. Friday, May 11.Bakersfield’s senior graduation  ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the Jerry Taylor gymnasium. A...
The Thornfield Tigers won first place April 5 in the Thornfield Volleyball Tournament. Team members are, front row from left: Jaden Thompson, Garrett Cunningham, Sierra Graham, Abby Scally. Back: Jake Donley, Westyn Merriett, Lance Day, Coby Dooley and coach Melvin Bricker.
The Thornfield fifth-and-sixth-grade academic team won second place at the April 4 Bradleyville Academic Bowl. Front row, from left: Madison Reich, Katelyn Allen, Shelby Scott. Back row: Laryme Mayberry, Jackson Cooper and Hunter Graham. Laryme also won first place in math, and Hunter also won...
Thornfield students recently visited the Missouri Capitol and took this photo with 155th District Rep. Lyle Rowland. Front row, from left: Daniel Collins, Lance Day, Zach Collins, Westyn Merriett, Jaden Thompson, Abby Scally. Middle row: Rowland, Tina Caudill, Dustin Merriett, Garrett Cunningham,...
The Thornfield R-I School will hold kindergarten screenings Wednesday, April 25 from 12:30 to 3 p.m.Parents or guardians should bring shot record, birth certificate, Social Security card and proof of residency.  Students should be 5 by July 31, 2018.  Call the school, 265-3212, to make an...
The Thornfield R-I School will hold kindergarten screenings Wednesday, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 25.Parents or guardians should bring shot record, birth certificate, Social Security card and proof of residency.  Students should be 5 by July 31, 2018.  Call the schoo

Gainesville Schools’ bus mechanic Jerry Beasley was pleased that the district’s 16 buses passed the recent annual inspection by the Missouri State Highway Patrol at 100 percent – for the sixth year in a row. Beasley, a 1983 GHS graduate, has been the district’s mechanic for 27 years. He says he’s seen a lot of changes in the vehicles since he hired on with the district in 1996. For one thing, all the buses are diesel now and may have computerized components. The price has gone up too. A new bus these days can cost $85,000, he said.
The annual inspection of Ozark County schools’  buses was completed recently by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Here are the unofficial results, as reported by the schools:Bakersfield superintendent Amy Britt said “two minor issues” were found during the recent inspection there. One issue was a...

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