Championship Season
Track athletes move on to state, Jessen finishes second in golf, Lathrop baseball will play for a title. || PAGE B1
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Anderson the next principal at East Buchanan Middle by brett adkison leader editor
East Buchanan Middle School will be going through plenty of changes in the near future. And now the building will have a new administrator at the helm. The East Buchanan School District has hired
Chris Anderson to be the EBMS principal for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. Anderson is currently the principal at Penney High School in Hamilton and previously spent five years teaching at East Buchanan. “I began my teaching career in the East Buchanan
School District,” Anderson said. “I was interested in the position when I saw the opening posted because I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the district and always saw myself returning at some point in my career. The EB community is just a really good group of people.
From my time as a teacher in-district, I know how much they value their schools, appreciate their teachers, and want what’s best for their children.” Anderson will replace the outgoing Dr. Rebecca Schilling, who served as the principal at EBMS for
two years. According to the district, she will be taking a building administrator position with the St. Joseph School District. An Osborn graduate, Anderson spent six years in the Air Force, serving tours in Afghanistan and Iraq before leaving the service as
a staff sergeant. He graduated from Missouri Western with a B.S. in Education and from the University of Kansas with a Masters in Building Level Leadership. He also earned an Education Specialist Degree in District Level Leadership from Ar||Continued on A2
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PLATTSBURG
City codes at center of May council meeting by brett adkison leader editor
The Plattsburg City Council will hold off on considering the removal of one of the city’s planning and zoning board members. The council was slated to have a public hearing during its meeting Monday, May 13, to consider removing Mike Gassman from its planning and zoning commission. The removal was proposed by Mayor David Jett after Gassman’s actions during a contentious planning meeting in April. During that meeting, Gassman told a member of the public to “shut up,” got in a heated exchange with the mayor (also a member of the planning board) and had to be escorted from the meeting. In addition to Mayor Jett, council members Scott Gordee, Sue Malone and Richard Stanley were present at the meeting. During the city council meeting this past Monday, Plattsburg resident Jo Hawn spoke to the council about event parking near the high school football field. She lives near the south end of the field and reported that both Oak Street and Missouri Avenue are packed with parked cars during events, such as the recent district track meet at PHS. That’s despite the ||Continued on A2
Cameron High School bid farewell to the Class of 2024 on Friday, May 10, with a graduation ceremony at sunset at David Goodwin Field. For more from Friday’s graduation, turn to pages B5 through B8 of this edition of The Clinton County Leader. brett adkison | the clinton county leader
Fight for Survival
LATHROP
Dutcher named next athletic director at LHS
Local high school baseball teams are competing in their respective district tournaments this week in hopes of keeping their 2024 seasons alive. That includes East Buchanan, which defeated South Harrison last Friday in Lathrop to advance to the tournament semifinals. Games at Lathrop were rained out Monday and pushed to Tuesday. See page B1 for more. (Right) East Buchanan senior pitcher Blake Pryor makes the tag at home plate Friday.
by brett adkison leader editor
A familiar face will be the athletic director at Lathrop High School next year. Joe Dutcher, who has taught and coached at Lathrop the past nine years, has been named the next athletic director at LHS. Andy McNeely—the Lathrop Middle School principal and current
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