Lake City Public Schools

School board approves levy increase of 7.39%

Dec 21, 2022

Higher property values mean the state will require local property taxes to shoulder more of the burden of funding Lake City Public Schools, according to a presentation by school district Business Manager Val Loppnow at the Dec. 19 meeting. That is a large factor in the school levy increasing 7.39...

Pass It On preschool donation a cause for celebration

Dec 7, 2022

The four-year-old preschool children in Jodi Lundell’s class at Bluff View Elementary School looked like Santa’s helpers after I made a surprise visit the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 30. I wore my animated Christmas hat with flashing lights, a bobbing bell, and music, and explained to the kids...

Supt. Enger speaks to fellow rotary members

Nov 16, 2022

Our guest speaker on Monday, Nov. 7, was Erick Enger, superintendent of our Lake City Schools. And also a Rotary member. He has been here for nine years. He shared the mission statement with us including focusing on all students. All students are their responsibility. Enger talked about...

Hostile Event Response Training scheduled for Saturday at high school

Oct 12, 2022

People may see a large number of public safety personnel around Lincoln High School on Saturday, Oct. 15, as the school and local emergency responders conduct a training. “Lake City Public Schools have partnered with our local public safety responders to host Hostile Event Response Training (HERT...

Enger to retire

Oct 5, 2022

Lake City Public Schools Supt. Erick Enger plans to retire at the end of the current school year. In an email Tuesday, Enger said he had announced his decision to school staff and planned to include it as an informational item on an upcoming school board agenda. Enger came to the district in 2014...

Letter was intended to stoke misplaced fear about education

Sep 28, 2022

In a letter last week, a writer uses the dog whistle “Critical Race Theory or CRT” to advance an agenda of fear. The writer distorts a proposed licensing standard to support their position. When someone quotes only portions of a document, taking things out of context, they usually have a motive; in...

Enger optimistic COVID won’t disrupt school year

Sep 21, 2022

Lake City Public Schools are seeing some COVID-19 cases in the early part of the 2022-2023 school year. The most recent COVID-19 report on the school website listed five confirmed cases at Bluff View Elementary School and one at Lincoln High School. Supt. Erick Enger addressed the topic during his...

Local schools now in session

Sep 7, 2022

The school year has begun in Lake City. Students at Lincoln High School and St. John’s Lutheran School had their first day on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Bluff View Elementary School’s first day for students in Sept. 8. Lincoln High School Principal said it was a great first day in his building. “We have...

School board candidate field grows to 12

Aug 24, 2022

Two more candidates joined the race for Lake City School Board after the Graphic went to press last week, bringing the total number of candidates to 12. The candidate filing period ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Ten are running to fill one of three available four-year seats. Ann Johnson and Tim...

Updated: Twelve running for school board

Aug 17, 2022

Twelve candidates had filed to run for four available Lake City School Board seats in the Nov. 8 election. Ten candidates filed for the three four-year openings on the board. Two filed to run for the special election to fill out the remaining two years of the seat won by Jack Rol in 2020. Rol...