Well, our back to school team
coverage continues in the Parkway
School District and Alex Fees is
joining us live at Parkway West High
School as kids are starting to get
into the swing of things once again.
Good morning Alex.
Hey Michelle, good morning. The sun
is rising in the east and students
are turning out at West and they've been
here for quite a while already this morning.
Now joining me now live is
Superintendent Doctor Keith Marty.
Doctor Marty, thanks for being here Sir.
What's going on behind us
here in the football field?
Do your students has practiced around
the clock, around the clock these days?
Well the the combat, the weather,
the coaches are are using the opportunity
to get the athletes out here early.
So we have I think we have cross
country soccer players and field hockey.
So I think this is a great opportunity,
right. So it's not not football,
but soccer, cross country and field hockey.
I saw them, they're doing planks at the 50
yard line in the at 5:30 in the morning.
You're very impressive.
Well, it's been, you know,
we we are very concerned about
safety and we want to still give
the students an opportunity.
This is still a little preseason time and
they're getting ready for the season.
But I I salute them.
I'm, I'm, I'm very proud of. I do as well.
Dr. Martia Pkwy started Monday.
So you're a few days into this.
How goes the back to school season?
You know, it's been great.
It's wonderful.
I have to say I've been in,
you know,
maybe a dozen schools already.
I'm going to continue that this
week and the spirit is good.
I think everybody is really
enjoying being back and people
dread coming back a little bit.
But boy,
the door opens and the teachers
are welcoming and the students are
excited and seeing one another again.
We're also a great start and you all
are just a few months into a brand
new bond issue passed last fall,
a monster bond issue Prop.
S $265,000,000,
but a no tax increase bond issue, right.
Correct. Yes.
For new swimming pools at the high
schools that'll take place over
the next several years, Yes, Yes.
Well, they're not going to be,
they'll be updated,
but certainly they'll be renovated,
but they'll be very, very much looking new.
Yeah, definitely.
I have to think our community have been very,
very supportive was with our bonds
and time I've been Superintendent a
lot of cycle maintenance involved in
that is there is in any typical bond issue,
but also new storm shelters
and an early childhood center,
the childhood center and then a lot
of technology updates and a lot
of classroom technology as well as
updating our cameras and for security
reasons those storm shelters that's
kind of a new a new addition for the
school district mix these days, right.
Where are your storm shelters?
North High School and Riverview Riverbend
Elementary where we are doing some additions.
So anytime you add additions to schools,
you have to do a storm shelter
by new state law.
All right, Dr.
Keith Marty,
what else is going on here with the
first week of school?
Well,
we're excited to welcome
a lot of new teachers.
I think we have over 100 new
teachers at Parkway and certainly
a lot of late till registrants,
but welcome a lot of new students.
So we're very, very happy.
All right. So thank you Sir.
You want to give our cheerleaders
who have turned out there do here
are the West High cheerleaders.
Everybody do that Longhorn
rumble.
Everybody rumble.
Oh, the Longhorn Rundle.
Yeah, because they're the Longhorn.
I got it. Yeah.
Spent a lot of crowded eggs to
that field back in the days when
my son played the Parkway Central.
It was their arrival. They look great.
All right, well, you know what else?
Everyone is looking great with
their first day of school photo.
So let's take a look.
This is the interactive
map that we're zooming in.
Pictures from all over the world coming in.
And we've got some great,
some great pictures.
Ah, back to school at Viz 6th
and 9th grade in Northwest.
This is Eureka.
We've got Afton High juniors driving.
Oh, watch out. Oh, and that little baby.
Well, I don't know who's going
back to school, dad or the baby.
All right, we'll keep keep your.
Listen, I don't know your life. All right.
You can send your pictures in right now.
But if I'm on your side out,
just Scroll down to the orange back to
school section on the main page to submit.
You can see it right here on Today
in Saint Louis. If you're cute.
Everyone's cute.
I'm just kidding.