http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ Lindsey reports about schools in Southwest Ohio's Lakota district and students, teachers and parents just like you for The Pulse-Journal newspaper. She wants your suggestions and questions for more news stories. Leave a comment here or e-mail Lindsey. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up en-us lhilty@coxohio.com 2008-11-20T08:49:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/20/lakota_investments.html Ever wonder about how schools invest money? Treasurer Craig Jones said schools can’t gamble money on the stock market, but they can earn interest and work with bonds. Here is the latest investment update. im351120081120100132 Get your own at Scribd... 8959103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ School Board updates 2008-11-20T08:49:05-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/18/number_crunchers.html For all you number crunching people, here is the latest spending plan from Treasurer Craig Jones. I get these reports every other week, but I never thought to put them online. If you would like more reports, such as investment... 8915403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ School Board notes 2008-11-18T15:21:47-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/18/aftershock_of_board_meeting.html You could have cut the tension with a knife at last night’s board meeting. Superintendent Mike Taylor gave a brief presentation about the contract. I will attach a copy at the bottom. Then, one LEA member got up and bashed... 8902803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ School Board updates 2008-11-18T09:31:02-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/17/lea_contract_to_be_approved.html The Lakota Educators Association contract is expected to be approved tonight along with a contract for marketing rights with the Atrium Medical Center. The 7 p.m. meeting is expected to be a long one. Here is the Atrium contract to... 8874903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ School Board updates 2008-11-17T10:08:29-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/13/marketing_to_lakota.html One topic of conversation at Monday’s board meeting will be about Atrium’s offer to fund the resurfacing of Lakota’s football fields with artificial turf. Here is the deal: For marketing rights, Atrium will give Lakota $48,500 each year for 20... 8796603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ School Board notes 2008-11-13T09:48:27-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/10/im_back_1.html Hey all, I’d like to say thanks to Dave for keeping up with my blog while I was gone, and thanks to you all for continued readership! I have just spent two hours checking e-mails, and I have yet to... 8708303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ Lindsey's ramblings 2008-11-10T09:37:20-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/04/election_day_2008.html I don’t have a whole lot of time today to devote to the blog, but I wanted to pose a few questions and observations about today. First off, for journalists, Election Day is better than Christmas Day. It’s 24 hours... 8541903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ Hot topics 2008-11-04T10:27:34-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/03/district_issues_specifics_on_t.html Lakota Local Schools have released some specifics about the tentative agreement that was reached with its teachers union early Wednesday morning. Here’s the short of it:... 8524103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-11-03T16:37:29-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/11/03/update_whats_on_tap_today_this.html UPDATE: At this hour (around 3:30 p.m.) dozens of LEA members are beginning to file into Lakota West Freshman School to participate in the first information session regarding the recently reached tentative agreement. Although the meeting isn’t expected to be... 8510103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-11-03T10:06:09-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/31/happy_halloween.html I thought we could take a break from teacher contract talk, but check back here frequently for updates. I am heading out of town for all of next week, but my co-worker Dave Greber will be updating you on the... 8456003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ Just for fun 2008-10-31T12:25:57-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/30/thank_you.html The board is tired. District officials are tired. The LEA negotiating team is tired and teachers are tired. Did I mention I am tired too? There has been a collective sigh of relief across the district from community members and... 8421103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-10-30T11:13:10-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/30/still_going.html The Lakota Education Association and the district reached a tentative agreement on a new contract at approximately 1 a.m. today, Oct. 30. Negotiators for the district and the LEA entered the second consecutive day of contract talks accompanied by a... 8406803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-10-30T01:30:32-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/29/dont_give_in_lea_says.html “Don’t give in,” LEA members have been shouting as a somewhat defeated looking bargaining team made an appearance. It has been a nine hour process. The district bargaining team made an appearance 10 minutes ago and all seemed to be... 8405803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-10-29T22:18:57-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/29/vamanos_move_it.html It is 9:05 p.m. and no matter how much I hover, I just can’t make those negotiation teams move any faster! A shout out to the teams behind closed doors! I am told you are reading the blog! We are... 8404303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ 2008-10-29T21:04:06-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/entries/2008/10/29/making_noise.html Hundreds of Lakota Education Association members have been making noise to encourage their negotiation team. “What do we want? A Contract. When do we want it? Now!” is a cheer they have been shouting quite frequently. Other times, they have... 8403603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/lakotaschoolsnews/ negotiations 2008-10-29T20:29:01-04:00 lhilty@coxohio.com