LISD Board of Trustees Names Lone Finalist for Lorena ISD Superintendent

A Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Lorena ISD was held March 2, 2016 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Lorena ISD Administration Building, 308 N. Frontage Rd. Lorena, Texas.

The Board of Trustees of Lorena Independent School District voted to name Dr. Joe Kucera as the lone finalist for Superintendent.

Dr. Kucera comes to Lorena after 2 years as Assistant Superintendent in China Spring ISD. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Saint Edwards University in Austin in 1995 and began his career in education at Midway ISD serving first as a teacher and coach, then as middle school assistant principal and eventually middle school principal. During his time at Midway, he also earned his master's degree in education (2000), principal certification (2001), superintendent certificate (2006), and doctoral degree in Educational Leadership (2008) from Tarleton State University. In 2008 he became principal of North Forney High School in Forney ISD and served there until his hire at China Spring in 2014.

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Notice - Public Hearing for Lorena ISD

The Lorena Independent School District is currently in the application process for the 2016-17 federal programs listed below:

             Title I, Part A – Improving Basic Programs

Interested parties, including non-profit private schools, are invited to attend this public hearing in order to receive program information and have opportunity to provide input into program planning.

Campus eligibility for Title I is based on low income data and enrollment.  Private Nonprofit Schools and/or Homeschools with government nonprofit status interested in receiving services for eligible students may contact Cheri Borchardt, Director of Federal Programs, at 308 N. Frontage Rd Lorena TX or at 254-857-3239.

The public hearing will be held:

Monday, March 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
Lorena Middle School Library

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Area Superintendents Volunteer for "Pack of Hope"

Area superintendents whose schools participate in Pack of Hope met to pack bags of food for their students this week. The McLennan County Pack of Hope "exists to erase child hunger in McLennan County by supplying participating school districts and their eligible students with backpacks of food from Friday to Sunday." For more information or to donate to this cause, go to the Pack's website at www.packofhope.org 

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LHS Student to Perform with Baylor Symphonic Band

Felicity Fulton, LHS band student and winner of the John Philip Sousa Foundation National Young Artists Solo Competition, will be performing a solo concerto with the Baylor University Symphonic Band. 

The concert will be Tuesday, March 1st, at 7:30 pm, in Jones Concert Hall on the Baylor campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

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Notice of Drawing for Place on Ballot

Notice is hereby given of a drawing to determine the order in which the names of candidates are to be printed on the ballot for the election to be held on May 7, 2016 in Lorena ISD, Texas. The drawing will be held at 8:30 a.m. on February 29, 2016, at the Lorena ISD Administration Building, 308 N. Frontage Road, Lorena TX 76655.

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