Teachers shave heads for good cause
To help raise funds for the American Cancer Society, Kim Gregory and Nikki Williams shaved their heads at the pep rally for Lafayette School District on Friday. (October 4, 2011, Page 5)
County schools OK $23.7M budget
The Lafayette County School Board approved the 2011-12 budget for the district Thursday, noting that a requested 4 percent increase in millage is not necessarily a tax increase. (July 8, 2011, Page 1A)
School board upholds coach’s firing
A final decision in the reassignment and non-renewal of Lafayette High softball coach Catherine Papagolos was reached Monday evening by the Lafayette County School Board.
In a unanimous decision following a 42-minute executive session meeting, the board elected to follow through with a recommendation made by LHS Athletics Director Jeff Nelson back in March to not renew Papagolos as the team’s head coach for the 2012 season. (June 28, 2011, Page 1)
OMS principal hired to head LHS
Patrick Robinson resigned from Oxford School District and was hired by Lafayette School District on Monday. Robinson will be the new principal at LHS. Jeff Clay was hired to become the new principal at OMS. (June 28, 2011, Page 2)
School may decide fate of former LHS coach
A decision on the future of former Lafayette High girls softball coach Catherine Papagolos may be reached this afternoon by the district’s school board. (more…) (June 27, 2011, Page 2)
County Schools to ask for tax hike
County schools will ask for a 4 percent tax hike of ad valorem as part of the 2011-2012 school year budget totaling $23.7 million. (June 21, 2011, Page 1)
County schools accepts principal’s resignation
The members of the Lafayette County School District approved the resignation of Margaret Boyd, principal of Lafayette Elementary School. (June 8, 2011, Page 2A)
Testimony begins in Papagolos hearing
Testimony was given by Lafayette Athletics Director Jeff Nelson and Superintendent Mike Foster in a public hearing regarding the re-assignment and re-hiring of girls fastpitch softball coach Cay Papagolos on Wednesday morning. (more…) (June 1, 2011)
Family, friends remember Owens
On a day when America took time out to remember fallen soldiers that lost their lives in battle, the 2011 senior class at Lafayette High School held a memorial service for one of their own.
LHS grad, 19, killed in wreck
Demetrius Owens, 19, of Lafayette County was killed Friday morning when the car he was a passenger in overturned, throwing him out of the vehicle. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home of Oxford. (more…) (May 27, 2011)
