Lakeland Highlights

October 2024/2025

Superintendent's Message

Greetings Lakeland Families!

I hope you enjoyed Halloween last week with your children! It’s been a busy end to October for us. Both THS and LHS sent teams to state tournaments. This has been one of the strongest fall sports seasons we have had in recent years! Congratulations to our athletes and coaches.

There is no school tomorrow for our students. Our elections have become more boisterous than we are used to. As a public school district, we are required to allow our buildings to be used as polling places. In the spirit of school safety, we have made the decision to not have students in our buildings on election day. We moved the teacher professional development day that we had previously taken in October to tomorrow.

Speaking of the election, please be sure to vote tomorrow. The renewal of the Supplemental Levy is on the ballot. I hope you have seen the information that has been shared regarding the levy. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at the District Office; 208-687-0431.

Veteran’s Day is next Monday, November 11th. We have included the schedule of assemblies and events for each of our buildings in this edition of the Lakeland Highlights. We hope you are able to join us in celebrating our Veterans.

We have three full weeks of instruction before Thanksgiving break. Enjoy all that fall has to offer in North Idaho.

Warm Regard,

Lisa Arnold

Please take a moment to watch this interview done by Real Life Ministries Senior Pastor, Jim Putman and Real Life North Campus Lead Pastor, Jim Blazin of the Lakeland Jt. School District Superintendent, Lisa Arnold.

Lakeland Joint School District to float $9.52M levy in November

The Lakeland Joint School District will ask its constituents to vote on a $9.52 million-per-year, two-year supplemental levy ballot measure at the polls Nov. 5. Superintendent Lisa Arnold, speaking Thursday at a Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce luncheon, said that was her recommendation to the Lakeland School Board.

cdapress.com

Lakeland School District asks voters for replacement tax to maintain funding of sports, activities and teachers

The Lakeland School District is asking voters to approve a two-year replacement levy to continue funding school sports, the district's school safety officers and extra teachers needed to reduce class sizes and offer electives at the high school.

spokesman.com

Voters will decide future of school funding Tuesday

Compound sentences may be tricky, but part of Shana Hostetler's job is to help her fourth graders learn all about them. That was the lesson Friday afternoon at Betty Kiefer Elementary School as she encouraged her students to read out loud and pinpoint the precise position to place punctuation.

cdapress.com

District Highlights

Congratulations to Hayven Chase on receiving her American Degree, the highest honor as an FFA member. Hayven is the first member from the Timberlake FFA chapter to receive this degree!

Thank you to the Lakeland Booster Club for donating the money to purchase new lockers for the Lakeland Football Locker Room!!

Over the summer, the Lakeland Middle School Gym ceiling and walls were updated with a fresh coat of paint. The Lakeland Jt. School Board of Trustees approved the use of the Plant Facilities Fund to have this project completed.

Mrs. Clauson's 5th grade class at Garwood Elementary prepared for a volume project. They practiced measuring the length, width, and height of a box (rectangular prism) to calculate the volume of the box. They will be working in a team to create an animal out of rectangular prisms. They will calculate the total volume of their animal by adding up the volume of all of the rectangular prisms they used to create their animal.

Upcoming Community Events

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Cda Insider Free Events

🗓 Important Dates

🦃 November 5 ~ Election Day - Get out and Vote!!!

🦃 November 7 ~ Policy Committee Meeting @DO 6:00 - 7:30PM

🦃 November 11-15 ~ Facilities Service Appreciation Week

🦃 November 12 ~ Long Range Planning Committee @Distict Office 5:30 - 7:00PM

🦃 November 13 ~ Regular Meeting of the LJSD Board of Trustees @District Office 6:00 PM

🦃 November 14 ~ Policy Committee Meeting @DO 6:00 - 7:30PM

🦃 November 21 ~ Policy Committe Meeting @DO 6:00 - 7:30PM

🦃 November 28 ~ Policy Committe Meeting @DO 6:00 - 7:30PM

PLEASE JOIN US!!

Regular Meeting of the LJSD Board of Trustees

Community/Parent Advocacy Group

Parent Advocacy Group ~ this group meets monthly on the first Tuesday of the month from 4:00 - 5:00. Feel free to join us!

We realize that many people are unable to attend our monthly parent advocacy meetings due to time constraints. In an effort to ensure that your questions are answered, we are putting a link on the district website under the Parents/Students tab and then Parent Advocacy where you can provide agenda items you would like to have discussed. If you are unable to attend, you will at least be able to listen to the discussion via the video link for the month. We appreciate your partnership! Thank you for sharing your children with us! We will be sharing the running agenda/minutes here.

Policy Committee

LJSD Policies Under Review

The Board of Trustees reviews policies continuously to keep its Board Policy Manual up-to-date. The Board values stakeholder input and has created an ongoing avenue for you to review any proposed changes/updates in Board policy and submit comments to the Policy Committee. Policies under review are linked below and open for comments. We appreciate your input. Thank you, Lynn Paslay, Assistant Superintendent.

Stakeholder Input Survey

Draft Policy

Current Policy

Long Range Planning Meeting

The LJSD Board of Trustees is gathering names of parents and patrons interested in serving on a long-range facility planning committee. Please use this sign-up form to indicate your interest. The specific scope of the work has not been outlined yet, but the Board is beginning the process of gathering committee members. Feel free to call the District Office at 208-687-0431 if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest

Our next meeting will be November 12th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm.