Bluff View Elementary School

A new phase for Bluff View expansion

Nov 22, 2017
The Bluff View Elementary School expansion project is entering a new phase. On Nov. 7, voters in the Lake City School District approved $12 million in bonding to pay for the project, which will add classrooms, a cafeteria and a gymnasium to allow the district to offer more early childhood...

Letter: Kudos on Grandparents Day

Nov 22, 2017
To the editor: It is with much appreciation that we acknowledge the efforts of Mr. Jim Borgschatz and his entire staff at Bluff View elementary School for once again making Grandparents Day, 2017, a most enjoyable and successful event. In our fourth consecutive year at Grandparents Day, we were...

Referendum vote is Nov. 7

Nov 2, 2017
Voters will decide Tuesday, Nov. 7 whether to allow Lake City Public Schools to issue $12 million in bonds to fund an expansion of Bluff View Elementary School. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 at Lincoln High School, 300 S. Garden St., Lake City. People can register online...

Final informational meeting held as Bluff View Referendum vote nears

Oct 26, 2017
Lake City Public Schools held its second and final public informational meeting Oct. 23 on the Bluff View Elementary School expansion project. In less than two weeks, voters will decide whether to approve $12 million in bonding to pay for the project, which officials say will create space for more...

Letter: Preschool nurtures our future

Oct 26, 2017
To the editor: Lake City residents will soon have the opportunity to vote on a bond referendum to fund building improvements and expansion of Bluff View Elementary School. I encourage fellow voters to please support our community’s precious children and invest in our future by voting yes on...

Letter: 1975 cafeteria/stage/childcare center inadequate for 2017

Oct 26, 2017
To the editor: As I enter through the main doors of Bluff View Elementary School, I often pause at the plaque indicating when the building first opened its doors to young and curious minds: 1975. I sometimes glance at the names of individuals who were involved with ISD 813 at that time – people...

Bluff View referendum informational meeting is Oct. 23

Oct 19, 2017
The second and final informational meeting on the proposed Bluff View Elementary School expansion project is Monday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Bluff View Elementary School. Voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to allow the district to bond $12 million to pay for the project, which officials say will...

Bluff View Principal: Why more space?

Oct 19, 2017
Elmentary School Lake City has a strong tradition of supporting the needs of our school district. Many people are wondering why more space is needed at Bluff View Elementary School. Bluff View was originally built in 1975 and 20 years later, in 1995, additional classrooms and gym space were added...

Letter: School system benefits everyone

Oct 19, 2017
To the editor: The suggestion in a recent letter that property owners who don’t have children in school should pay a lower tax rate was jaw-dropping. We have all benefited from the public school system that was paid for by our parents and grandparents and countless citizens who had no students in...

Letter: Yes vote is a chance to repay community for investing in my children

Oct 11, 2017
To the editor: The importance and benefits of early childhood education (ECE) to a student’s learning curve over time is a well documented fact.  Those facts are summarized in a letter to the editor by High School Principal Greg Berge in the October 5 Graphic. As a past volunteer at Bluff View...

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