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School Board agrees to $140,000 annual contract for Yates
The Lebanon School Board approved a contract with Supt. Bo Yates Thursday evening during its regular board meeting.…
May 10, 2019
New supt.: District gaining in achievement
Lebanon schools Supt. Bo Yates and the School District are pursuing multiple paths to boost academic achievement among…
May 10, 2019
Bo Yates is School Board’s pick
The Lebanon School Board named interim Supt. Bo Yates its new superintendent Thursday evening, April 11, during its…
April 12, 2019
Schools to go one extra day for snow
The Lebanon Community Schools will extend three early release days and add a single day to the schedule…
March 19, 2019
Supt. search continues as board sets salary range
The Lebanon Community Schools Board of Directors set an annual salary range of $135,000 to $160,000 for the…
January 15, 2019
School Board adds tweak to volunteer fingerprint requirement
During the second reading of a policy update last week, the Lebanon School Board adjusted a previous proposal…
November 20, 2018
Interim superintendent, board discuss goals for schools
Interim Supt. Bo Yates outlined to the Lebanon School Board on Tuessday, Aug. 7, the goals the district…
August 10, 2018
35-year effort bears fruit for ELCA founders
As Harold Grove sits in his living room at the top of Victory Drive, off east Fifth Street…
July 24, 2018
Board OKs consultant to search for new superintendent
The Lebanon School Board voted July 17 to move forward under a recommendation by an ad hoc committee…
July 24, 2018
Board votes to part ways with Hess
The Lebanon School Board voted 3-1 to enter into a resignation agreement with Supt. Rob Hess on Tuesday,…
June 19, 2018
Supt. Hess to leave school district at end of month
The Lebanon Community Schools Board of Education Tuesday voted 3-1 to enter into a resignation agreement with Supt.…
June 12, 2018
LAFTA founder seeks to boost Beginning Band
Got a gently used instrument gathering dust in your closet? Terri Krebs wants to talk to you. The…
April 17, 2018
Schools see $3 million budget boost
The Lebanon Community School District is projecting a boost in revenue this year, which increases the size of…
April 17, 2018
Where would your child go to school? District mulls jr. high options
Lebanon Community School District board members and staff discussed the possibility of switching sixth-grade students around between schools,…
March 19, 2018
Board approves new contract for Hess
Lebanon Community School District board members unanimously approved a new contract for the Supt. Rob Hess at their…
February 20, 2018
Supt. offers options for Seven Oak
Lebanon Schools Supt. Rob Hess presented the School Board with a six-page memo with six options to alleviate…
January 17, 2018
Board OKs goals for schools Supt. Hess: communication, visibility, innovation
Lebanon Community School District Board members approved superintendent goals for the 2017-18 school year at their Sept. 14…
September 17, 2017
Board to seek counsel on supervision
The Lebanon School Board voted Wednesday evening to authorize newly elected Chairman Tom Oliver to seek further legal…
July 19, 2017
Rick George: Teacher’s vision propagates a harvest of change
Rick George has a dirty job. The former teacher and coach, who started at Lebanon Middle School in…
May 26, 2017
May 16 Election: School Board candidates discuss their vision for district
Eight candidates, one unopposed, are running for the three vacant seats on the Lebanon School Board in the…
May 3, 2017
School board reveals very little about closed-door conversation
After a Lebanon Community School District Board executive session that lasted more than two hours on March 21,…
May 2, 2017
School district to address concerns about undocumented students’ rights
Editor’s note: This story is appearing in a slightly abridged form from this month’s Lebanon Local newspaper. This…
January 13, 2017
Board OKs new eval process for Supt. Hess
The Lebanon Community School District Board approved the terms of superintendent Rob Hess’ evaluation process at its monthly…
November 22, 2016