From the Superintendent's Desk
Dear
Parents and Community:
We hope you are enjoying a wonderful and relaxing summer vacation. We look forward to your return as we begin preparing for another exciting year. In order to help you plan for the coming school year, please read the contents of the school/district newsletter. The newsletter contains information on the start of school, fees, lunch prices, curriculum, and activities.
When students and staff return for classes in late August they will find a few changes to the building itself. Our maintenance and custodial staff have been hard at work to get the building ready for the beginning of school. The building and grounds look great. I commend them for their hard work. I would also like to bring attention to the wonderful new baseball field on the northwest side of the grounds. This project was made possible by the hard work of soon-to-be 12th grader Darren Riskedal as part of his Eagle Scout work for Boy Scouts. We thank Darren for all his efforts!
The most significant change
will be not with the physical building or facility but with the staff
and an administrative change. I would like to welcome Mr. Kevin
Blankenship as our new K-12 principal. Mr. Blankenship has
experience as a teacher, athletic director, and principal at small,
rural schools very similar to Leland. Mr. Blankenship will be
coming to us from southern
While maintenance of the building itself is important, the lifeblood of any school is the people within the building. For the 2010-11 school year, students will see a another new face in the building. Our new addition to the staff is Mrs. Michelle Scheller, high school special education teacher. We are currently taking applications for substitute school bus drivers (see further in the newsletter for detailed information) and middle school athletic coaches. School for students begins on August 18, 2010, with a half-day of student attendance (11 a.m. student dismissal).
Sincerely,
Dr. Lane Abrell