Dec 22, 2016
Members of the Lake City School Board and district administrators thanked board member Kevin Pavelka (right) for his four years of service to the district as a school board member at the board’s Dec. 19 meeting. The was the final regular meeting of Pavelka’s term. In a break with the tradition of...
Jun 29, 2016
Almost two years after voters rejected a ballot referendum question that would have paid for roof replacement and other capital projects at Lake City Public Schools, the Lake City School Board approved a preliminary budget June 22 that will fund a portion of that work.
The first phase of a two-...
Jan 6, 2016
Donald Springer ended the last Wabasha County Board meeting of 2015 by thanking his fellow commissioners for a peaceful and productive year.
2015 followed several years of rancor and discord on the board. But two new commissioners, Cheryl Key and Brian Goihl, took office at the beginning of the...
Oct 21, 2015
The news was mostly good when Bradley Carlton of CliftonLarsonAllen summarized the firm’s audit of Lake City Public Schools at the School Board meeting Oct. 19.
The district’s unassigned fund balance, which is considered a bellwether for the overall financial health of the district, grew from $960,...
Oct 21, 2015
Lake City Public Schools wants property taxpayers in the district to know the school portion of their property taxes won’t be as high as it appears on proposed tax statements headed their way in November.
In September, the School Board voted to levy the maximum amount allowed by state law. Because...
Aug 25, 2015
The Lake City School Board unanimously approved a two-year contract with the district's teachers union at a special meeting Tuesday, Aug. 25. Board member Pat Dwelle was absent.
Under the agreement, the teachers will receive a 2 percent raise the first year of the contract and a 3 percent raise the...