All Entries Tagged With: "Lamar RE-2 School District"
School Board Candidates Explore Ideas During Zonta Political Forum
There are five contested and two uncontested candidates on the November General Election ballot for seats on the Lamar RE-2 District school board. Elizabeth Whitham moderated a political form at Lamar Community College, hosted by the Lamar Chapter of the Zonta International organization this past Tuesday, October 20. The audience listened to each of the […]
Letter to the Editor: Pack the Bus Event
Lamar Eagles Auxiliary #3898 thanks the citizens of Prowers County and area businesses for making “Pack the Bus” campaign a huge success. The generous donations from Tri County Ford Lincoln, Colorado Mills, KVAY, Family Dollar, Lamar Chamber of Commerce and the pubic made it possible to supply every school and class in Prowers County […]
RE-2 Meal Eligibility Guidelines for 2014 – 2015
2014-2015 School Year – PUBLIC RELEASE Lamar Re-2 School District today, 8/7/2014, announced its policy for determining eligibility of children who may receive free and reduced price meals served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, Afterschool Care Snack Program and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Local school officials will use the […]
Lamar RE-2 Board Continues Discussions for MHDC/Lincoln School Consolidation
Action to approve the consolidation of the Melvin Hendrickson Developmental Center Pre School students to Lincoln Elementary School in Lamar was tabled pending further discussion with board members of Melvin Hendrickson, according to Lamar RE-2 School District Superintendent, David Tecklenburg. The superintendent said 126 students are using three buildings and some savings on utilities […]
RE-2 School District Receives $1.8M BEST Grant
Washington, Parkview and the Lamar Middle schools have secured a BEST grant for $1.8 million to improve their HVAC systems. The application for the grant was made last spring and the school district received word it had been approved this past summer. BEST is an acronym for Building Excellent Schools Today. RE-2 District Superintendent, David […]
Savage Stadium Gets Ready for New Season
L. E. Renner Sports Surfaces has been busy the past few days, taking advantage of the sunny skies and low winds, putting a new surface to the track at Savage Stadium in Lamar. The entire fence surrounding the stadium and track and football fields has been lined to keep down any stray paint and minimize […]
To Mrs. Munro, with Love
Former Lamar school teacher, Dixie Munro, was honored this past Saturday, August 18, by her former students for her years of service to the community. Several dozen students were on hand at the Lamar Cultural Event Center for remarks and presentations made by emcee Richard McCloughan, a student of Dixie Munro’s from the […]
Moving Back to Lincoln School
The Lamar Teen Center moved across town, Wednesday, August 1. Office equipment, furnishings, computers and an assortment of classroom products was transported from the West Elm Street Teen Center to Lincoln Elementary School on North 10th Street. Volunteers from the high school football team and some employees from the RE-2 school district loaded vans […]
Teen HOPE Center, Winding Down to Summer
School will be over in several weeks in Lamar and students involved with the Lamar HOPE Center on East Elm Street demonstrated some of the fun and serious subjects they’ve been involved with over the past several months. HOPE, formerly P3 in Lamar, is an acronym for Health, Opportunity, Prevention and Education. Under the direction […]
Lamar School Board Meets this Monday, April 9
The RE-2 District Board will consider some staff changes during the Monday meeting beginning at 6:30pm. For the 2012-2013 school year, the board will vote to eliminate a secretarial and custodial position at the high school, a math interventionist at the middle school and the transportation secretary position as of December 1, 2012. Personal changes […]
Lamar Getting Four Day School Week
Lamar School Board members cast a unanimous vote in favor of a four-day school week, starting next fall. The pros outweighed the cons among the board members who said the decision was basically driven by less budgeted revenue over the past several years. Last year, Lincoln Elementary school was closed as a cost cutting measure. […]
Lamar School Board Takes Up 4 Day School Week Question
Last May, the board of directors for the Lamar RE-2 school district voted to maintain a five-day school week. Only two members favored making the switch to a four-day week with the majority deciding that closing Lincoln School was enough of a change for the year. The issue will be up for discussion and perhaps […]
Jones to Replace Nye as Parkview Principal
Aron Jones will become the new Parkview Elementary School principal in July, replacing Diane Nye who informed the Lamar Re-2 school board of her intention to retire at the end of the school year. School board members voted unanimously in favor during a special meeting held Tuesday afternoon, February 21. Jones is the current Lamar […]
RE-2 School Board Meeting Set for 6:30pm Monday
Lamar School District Re 2 Alfred R. Young Administration Building Board of Education Regular Session January 9, 2012 – 6:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Correspondence (a) Letter from CDE, Public School Finance Unit – 3:1 4. Visitors/Recognition 5. Audience with Board 6. Reports (a) Food Service for December […]
Lamar Re-2 School Board Certifies Student Count, 2011 Mill Levies
Board members for the Lamar RE-2 School District reviewed various finances during their Monday night meeting, December 12. Superintendent Dave Tecklenburg said the board certified the mill levy, as set by the state for Tax Year 2011, at 19.595, the same as 2010. This year’s budget and the next year was also discussed in light […]
Lamar School Board Meets this Evening
The Lamar RE-2 school board has a brief agenda to attend to this Monday evening, December 12. The board is expected to certify mill levies for the 2011 Tax Year and will certify the student population count, taken from this past October for the 2011-2012 year. Other agenda items include acceptance of the resignations of […]
RE-2 Board Approves Personnel Changes; Policy Revisions
Almost two dozen policy revisions were approved on second reading by members of the Lamar Re-2 Board of Education during Monday night’s monthly meeting, September 12. Areas such as Code of Conduct, Bidding Procedures, Social Networking, Bullying Prevention and Education, Environmental and Safety Programs, School Closings and Cancellations and Physical Education were approved. Several Travel […]
Dead End for City-County IGA
Despite on-going negotiations between the City of Lamar acting as the Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board and Prowers County Commissioners, a final resolution on an Intergovernmental Agreement between the two never materialized. The IGA, if approved, would have spelled out the sharing of tax revenue funding from the Urban Renewal District. The IGA was developed about […]
Policy & Personnel Top RE-2 Monday Agenda
Lamar School District Re-2 Alfred R. Young Administration Building Board of Education Regular Session September 12, 2011 – 7:30 p.m. AGENDA Call to Order Approval of Agenda Correspondence (a) Thank You Note from Adam Parker——————————————- 3:1 Visitors/Recognition Audience with Board 6. Reports (a) FFA Officers Retreat (b) Food Service for August […]
School Registration is Underway for the New Year
The parents of juniors and seniors were mostly smiling as they stood in line at the Lamar Community Building, waiting to register their kids for another school year. “This may be the last year I ever have to do this,” they probably said to themselves as they inched another step forward to the gymnasium. […]