Next year’s Board of Education officers will look the same as the previous year after Board members selected new officers for the 2010-2011 school year.
Bill Laidlaw is President, Peggy Bush is vice-president and John Nugent is secretary.
The Board also kept its regular meeting schedule of the first and third Thursday of the month. The first meeting is designated as the regular meeting and the second meeting will be the work session. Two exceptions are the July work session will not be held and the regular meeting scheduled in April 2011 will be held the last Thursday of March due to spring vacation.
Board meetings and the locations are available on the District website at lapeerschools.org and are posted at the Administration and Services Center, 250 Second Street in Lapeer.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Budget adjustments approved at Board of Education meeting
To address a $4.6 million budget shortfall caused by rollbacks in State funding for the past years and rising costs in health care and retirement the Board of Education approved a series of budget adjustments Wednesday to balance the budget.
Some of those adjustments will affect high school families with a small increase to high school parking fees, the elimination of family athletic passes and strict adherence to pay-to-play numbers for athletic teams.
Families will still be able to buy athletic punch cards that will allow entry to sporting events at a discount rate.
Strict adherence to minimum athletic participation numbers for teams is expected to save $50,000. In the past, teams with below the minimum number of students were provided but in the future the District will adhere to the minimum numbers based on the pay-to-play receipts on a specific payment deadline.
It will also cost high school students an additional 25 cents per week to park at the high schools as student parking fees were increased to $30 per year.
In addition to a number of budget cuts for the 2010-2011 year, the Board also downgraded an administrative position in the Business Office as part of the effort to eliminate the budget shortfall.
These actions were in addition to savings from teacher retirements, employee contract concessions, elimination of certain support staff positions, the postponement of bus purchases and a withdrawal of $1.7 million from the District’s savings, among other budget saving measures.
Some of those adjustments will affect high school families with a small increase to high school parking fees, the elimination of family athletic passes and strict adherence to pay-to-play numbers for athletic teams.
Families will still be able to buy athletic punch cards that will allow entry to sporting events at a discount rate.
Strict adherence to minimum athletic participation numbers for teams is expected to save $50,000. In the past, teams with below the minimum number of students were provided but in the future the District will adhere to the minimum numbers based on the pay-to-play receipts on a specific payment deadline.
It will also cost high school students an additional 25 cents per week to park at the high schools as student parking fees were increased to $30 per year.
In addition to a number of budget cuts for the 2010-2011 year, the Board also downgraded an administrative position in the Business Office as part of the effort to eliminate the budget shortfall.
These actions were in addition to savings from teacher retirements, employee contract concessions, elimination of certain support staff positions, the postponement of bus purchases and a withdrawal of $1.7 million from the District’s savings, among other budget saving measures.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Video: Lapeer West Spring Band Concert - Hightlights
Some highlights from the 2010 Spring Lapeer West Band Concert. Enjoy!
Video: Lapeer West Spring Band Concert and Awards
Enjoy this edited version of the 2010 Lapeer West Spring Band Concert. The full video will be available on Charter Cable at various times during the summer and fall.
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