January 2025

As we begin a new semester and welcome 2025, I want to share our excited outlook for the upcoming semester.  The start of a new year is always a time of fresh opportunities, renewed energy and a continued commitment to providing all the educational experiences we can to our students at every level.

One of the most visible developments in our district is the progress on our construction project at the middle and high school.  Thanks to the support of our community and the excellent work of our construction partners, we are seeing the project come to life and can just imagine the concerts, PE classes, wrestling meets, board meetings and student centered activities that will be housed here.  These improvements and additions will benefit our students for years to come.  While our weather isn’t always cooperative, our construction partners have worked diligently to keep the project on track and has ensured minimal to no disruption to learning.  We appreciate the voters for allowing us to create this amazing space.  We look forward to sharing more updates as we move closer to completion this summer.

I want to continue the conversation about our ballot question we will have during the April election in regards to our district academic calendar.  The calendar plays a crucial role in our ability to recruit and retain excellent educations which results in the relationships to maintain and grow our student success and support the overall well being of the Lone Jack C6 School District.  Legislation passed last May, now makes it a requirement of our county schools to spread our 1044 minimum hours of instruction into 169 days.  Our calendar, since 2013, has completed this in 157 days each school year.  Legislation allows us to keep local control of our calendar if voters approve.  So, this is what we are asking you to consider.  If you do not have children in our schools, please connect with your neighbors and relatives and see what they think.  We have had extremely positive support for our calendar for over a decade now.  More information will continue to come.  We appreciate your interest and engagement in the future of our schools.

Together LJC6 and the Lone Jack community do all we can for kids.  I appreciate your support.