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Kevin O. Crampton - Superintendent Fred Short - Acting Principal
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Superintendent’s Office - 624-2147 April 2006 Acting Principal Office - 624-2221
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From the Superintendent:
As I prepare to write
this newsletter, winter appears to have returned for the moment, yet I am sure Spring is around the corner.
With this thought in mind I think it is important to remind our
residents and voters of the many things that happen in the spring.
This May we will be
asking for your support in passing the school budget and approving the
resolutions to create reserve funds. Reserve funds are a legal way, endorsed by
the state comptroller and SED, for a district to
budget money on hand for future expenditures.
We will ask for the voter approval in creating and funding a Repair
Reserve Fund (for unanticipated large repairs), a Capital Reserve Fund (for
capital projects), and a Bus Purchase Reserve Fund. By building our reserves we can keep our
budget at a steady pace and not experience tremendous peaks and valleys. As
always, we are available anytime to answer any and all questions about the
budget.
Also this May there
will be two board seats up for election. Michelle Hamden’s term expires in 2006
and she will run again. Brian Farr was
appointed town justice last week and while there is a gray area in the law
whether a person can serve both positions, Brian has opted to resign from the
school board after nine years of dedicated service to concentrate on his new
role as town justice. Therefore, his seat will be up for election. His term
expires in 2007. On behalf of the board
and the school community I would like to thank Brian for his tireless efforts
on the school’s behalf. His experience and knowledge will be missed. We
certainly wish Brian the best in his career as town justice.
On Tuesday night we
celebrated the fall sports season. For us, it was the two boys
basketball teams and the girls basketball team.
While our teams may not have won their respective divisions, they accomplished
something far more important. Alex Smith
stayed on the modified team and Stephen Pitcher joined his first ever school
team. This allowed us to maintain two boys’ teams without doing a sports merger
with another school. While we have had many discussions on joining teams with
other schools, this effort signifies the value of the school identity, and its
importance to our kids and our parents.
I am proud of each and every student athlete and their commitment to
having their own teams.
The
girl’s Varsity team also received the league’s good sportsmanship award. Congratulations to all of them and Coach
Farrell.
Now, its time for
baseball and softball, Play Ball!
Sincerely,
Kevin Crampton
February 13, 2006
Regular meeting.
(Click here to find all LLCS BOE Minutes listings)
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Approval of
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Next meeting is
scheduled for
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Approval of
January, 2006 Treasurer’s Reports.
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Approval of
Warrants #14 & # 15.
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Comprehensive
Budget Status Reports and Budget Transfers were reviewed.
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The 2006-2007
Budget was reviewed as well as State Aid projections.
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The Comptroller’s
office will be doing an audit of the school sometime over the next five years, Mrs.
Snide informed the Board of the audit process.
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A discussion
regarding Reserve funds took place as to the school’s fiscal responsibility.
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ELA scoring for
grades 6,7, and 8 is completed.
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A wonderful
time was had by all that attended the Phantom of the Opera. Unfortunately items
were stolen from the bus while parked at the Aviation Mall.
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Approval of CSE
recommendations.
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Approval of Ms.
Shannon Germain as Girl’s Varsity Softball Coach for spring 2006.
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Approval of
Mrs. Karin Cook as Drama Club Coordinator.
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Approval to
accept a bid from Johnstown Dodge for a 2006 Dodge Caravan.
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Approval of Mr.
Eric Peters as Fitness Center Attendant, pending fingerprint clearance.
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Fundraiser Survey
Results were presented: Christmas craft fair & tree sale; basketball game
concessions; harvest festival & pumpkin sale; and flower sale.
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2006 Yearbook
Timeline is on track.
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The Generator delivery
is scheduled for
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The Five-Year
Plan and finished Building Condition Survey was
discussed. The Board will prioritize the capital projects.
·
Ms. Bond
inquired about prior Outing Club trips.
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Items discussed
in Executive session, personnel issues and faculty contract negotiations.
Selected students will be
participating in several music events this spring:
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April 6-
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May 5-
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Date TBA- Jazz
Band Coffee House.
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May 11- Spring
Concert grades
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May 29-
Memorial Day Parades.
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June 1- Elem.
Spring Concert
Please come and enjoy
music of various styles and forms. Music
is life-long learning!
It is
interesting to note that despite all the focus on children and computers,
games, and television, reading is still a major part of our students’ lives in
Keep up the
great work!
FEBRUARY WINNERS
Each time a
student in grades 1 through 6 complete a book they are invited to also complete
a book report form and bring it to the library. The titles are entered into
their ongoing reading records and their names are entered into a monthly
drawing for each book completed. On the
first day of the following month, names are drawn for prizes. The February
winners were Hayley McCottery, Madison Miller, and Joao Santos.
PARENTS AS
Our
annual PARP program commenced on March 6 with nearly 100% of our students participating
as of this writing.
Only two more permission slips have to be returned but I am sure that we will
have 100% of our students taking part in this fun program focused on reading.
This is a phenomenal participation rate.
Students are
recording the amount of time they read each night. They may read with a partner or sit and read
their own book with a parent, older sibling, or other adult nearby. At the end
of the week, both the student and the parent sign the page for that week in the
PARP booklet. The booklets are turned in
every Monday and the amount of time for that week recorded.
Students then
received weekly rewards for their accomplishments. This continues for four
weeks. To spur interest we also include
a wide variety of incentives. There are weekly drawings for books, weekly
riddles to guess, our annual Family Fun Night, Read-A-Tee Shirt Wednesdays, and
much more.
The tee shirt
days are fun and are designed to show that reading itself happens in many ways,
this being one that makes other people read!
It is fun to see just how creative some students can be when they forget
to wear a tee shirt with words!
A complete
report on PARP 2006 will be included in the next newsletter.
A very special
thank you to all of the parents, teachers and community members who once again
helped our Book Fair to be a success!
Because of you, we are able to provide the incentive prizes for our
reading programs in the library.
BOARD PETITIONS AVAILABLE AT
Petition forms
for the nomination of candidates for the office of Board member of the
Candidates for
the School Board must be at least 18 years old, be qualified voters of the
district and be able to read and write.
They do not have to be taxpayers.
Not more than one member of a family can be a member of the Board of
Education. No employee of the school
district is eligible for the post.
Candidates also must have been a resident of the district for at least
one year before election.
Completed
petitions must be returned to the District Clerk in the Clerk’s office no later
than
GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL POST-SEASON UPDATE
The LLCS girls’ varsity
received individual and team recognition at the post-season meeting of MVAC
South coaches.
Chelsey Wallace
was selected as a second team all-star by opposing coaches. During the season she averaged better than 8
points per game, made 16 three-point baskets, and directed the Laker offense
from her point guard position. Defensively,
she played the back end of the team’s
The opposing
coaches also honored the Laker team as a whole for its sportsmanship, voting it
to first place for the seventh consecutive year.
Come join a fun
learning experience. The evening will
provide physical activities, dinner and 2 presenters.
HOPE TO SEE YOU
THERE!