LCSD lets students switch from virtual to in-person learning mid-semester
Roughly 20 percent of students who originally signed up for virtual learning at Lowndes County School District will be back in their classrooms by Oct. 12, Superintendent Sam Allison said Friday
County disputes with school district over tax request
Lowndes County School District is standing by a local property tax request that could hike the tax rate by almost 10 percent. But Lowndes County Board of Supervisors may sue the district to keep that from happening.
LCSD requesting $5.5 million more from local taxes
Lowndes County School District is requesting about $5.5 million more than last year from county property tax revenue for Fiscal Year 2021, much of which would boost its operating revenue.
LCSD board interviews superintendent candidates
Though the three finalists vying for Lowndes County School District superintendent were interviewed behind closed doors Tuesday, their identities are now clear.
LCSD to raise taxes this fiscal year
After 30 years without raising taxes, the Lowndes County School District board voted Monday to ask the board of supervisors to raise ad valorem taxes by 4 percent — the maximum allowed by state law without a referendum.
LCSD board upholds Caledonia teachers’ transfers to New Hope
Lowndes County School District School Board voted in executive session Monday night to uphold the transfers of three Caledonia High School teachers to the New Hope campus.
Three Caledonia teachers protest transfers, allege harassment
Three Caledonia High School teachers are appealing their transfers to the New Hope campus with the Lowndes County School District board.
They have also taken their grievances to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the transfers came after months of harassment by school administration.
LCSD preparing to start superintendent search
Lowndes County School District’s board is creeping ever closer to starting a formal search for the district’s first board-appointed superintendent.
‘We just spent more than we took in’: Lowndes County School District piles up $7M in deficit spending over past three years
Kenneth Hughes, business manager for Lowndes County School District, sat at his desk Friday afternoon tapping away at his keyboard and occasionally scrawling numbers on a sheet of paper sitting beside his computer monitor.
All the while, Superintendent Lynn Wright paced around the room, spouting about dollar amounts and projects without the use of any documents to support the information.
LCSD enrolling city students, taking MAEP funds, then sending students back to CMSD
Columbus Municipal School District has been left on the hook for educating dozens of former county students for which they have no state funding, and for testing those students without what some officials consider a fair opportunity to prepare them.
‘Going green’ to save county schools $8M
Lowndes County School District expects to save nearly $8 million in energy savings within the next 20 years.
LCSD petitions city schools to allow choice for Palmer Home
Palmer Home for Children is petitioning for the foster children in its care to have the option to attend Lowndes County public schools.
Lowndes school district looks for funds to equip new tech center
Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright appeared before the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors Wednesday seeking help to fund equipment for the district’s new career tech center.
Home Economic space planned for West Lowndes
The Lowndes County School District board of trustees is moving forward with a downsized plan for a new home economics classroom at West Lowndes High School.
LCSD elects new officers, considers food service proposal
The first meeting of the year for the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees was held Friday, with board members hearing updates on various projects, recognizing administrators and students and hearing a proposal from a food service management company.
Our View: Lowndes schools should take Title IX complaint seriously
On Friday, the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees is expected address a complaint from a parent of a New Hope High School freshman over a matter that has been debated for more than 40 years.
Complaint filed over Lowndes Co. school sports
Parents of a New Hope High School student-athlete have filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights alleging the Lowndes County School District is not providing equal access to athletic opportunities for both male and female students.
Lowndes Co. bond info meeting tonight canceled
The meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at New Hope Elementary School, has been canceled for bad weather.
School bond issue meeting tonight
Parents and community members wishing to learn more about the proposed bond issue for the Lowndes County School
Our View: County’s school district should not take ‘no’ for an answer
It has been less than two months since voters in the Lowndes County School District rejected a $47 million bond proposal that would have funded a variety of capital improvements, including $14 million for a centralized career-tech center. Even so, district officials have not moth-balled those capital improvement plans.