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📍Community Forum - Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 6:30PM
👉 Join in person: Lake Region Union High School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/hjd-fhff-wme
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 563-277-0713 PIN: 623 518 285#
The Committee seeks input on the concept of a regional Elementary and Middle School to be constructed adjacent to the Lake Region High School.
The Committee will present an overview of this plan and alternatives, offer an opportunity for questions, and listen to feedback from attendees.
OCSU faces significant challenges that require the attention and cooperation of the community to address: the rising costs of education and the subsequent increases in taxation; the need to provide an excellent education for our students in safe, welcoming, and productive settings; the need to alleviate staffing shortages by providing a safe, sustainable, and enriching work environment; and to house our educational enterprise in school buildings that are efficient, functional, and cost-effective.
To meet these challenges, OCSU assessed the current state of our school buildings and facilities, considered the implications of forming a central middle school, and analyzed multiple scenarios involving the renovations of our buildings in combination with new construction. The architecture firm of Truex-Cullins was hired to assist in our analyses.
Truex-Cullins' work has shown that the least expensive option in the long term is to build a new regional elementary and middle school adjacent to Lake Region Union High School.
Whether to move in this direction will be the choice of the eligible voters of the seven towns that make up the Supervisory Union. This Forum will help educate these voters that ultimately shape the quality of education in our community.
For more information please link to the Long-Term Planning section of the OCSU website: (https://www.ocsu.org) including the Truex-Cullins reports and the work of the Committee.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 6:30 pm, at Lake Region UHS.
A virtual option is also available:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hjd-fhff-wme
Or dial: (US) +1 563-277-0713 PIN: 623 518 285#
All families, community members, and staff are welcome.
The Committee seeks input on the concept of a regional Elementary and Middle School, to be constructed adjacent to the Lake Region High School. The Committee will present an overview of this plan and alternatives, offer an opportunity for questions, and listen to feedback from attendees.
More information is available here:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3488/OCSU/6120697/OCSU_long_term_planning_forum_notice_November_2025.pdf
A link to the calendar posting for this event is here:
https://www.ocsu.org/events?id=49099065
More information on the committee and its work is here:
https://www.ocsu.org/o/ocsu/page/long-term-planning
📍LRUEMSD Board Meeting - Monday, November 3, 2025, 6:00PM
👉 Join in person: Orleans Elementary School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/ixj-whyd-thp
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 570-554-0289 PIN: 201 502 702#
✅ Board meeting agendas, past meeting minutes, and recorded meetings can be found at https://www.ocsu.org/documents/school-boards/2025-2026-school-board-agendas-and-minutes/lake-region-union-elementary-middle-school-district/829043
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TEffl-2XA7-LC_m-Ki2uVyB7kSft67XcT6igmd5OI8o/edit?tab=t.0
We hope to see people there!
Interested? Apply here: ⤵
https://www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jobId=5396462
Email Dana Jacobs for more informaion: djacobs@ocsu.org
This very important message is for students who are signed up to go to Burke Mountain for winter activities. On November 6, 2025, the students will be departing the school at 8:15 am to be fitted for their rental equipment. It is very important that students attend school this day. If students are absent, it is the parents’ responsibility to transport their child to Burke Mountain Sherburne Lodge on Saturday, November 8th or 15th between the hours of 9 am to 3 pm. If they do not attend one of these fittings Burke Mountain will not allow your child to attend, and they will stay at the school.
Thank you
📍Carousel Board Meeting - Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:00PM
👉 Join in person: Lake Region Union High School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/foq-cdxi-mjo
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 225-443-2157 PIN: 534 955 317#
📍LR Board Meeting - Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:00PM
👉 Join in person: Lake Region Union High School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/pfo-owqr-mph
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 401-526-8598 PIN: 774 582 310#
📍EMS Board Meeting - Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:00PM
👉 Join in person: Lake Region Union High School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/zbb-tbub-vzm
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 442-324-4437 PIN: 108 178 932#
👉 Board meeting agendas, past meeting minutes, and recorded meetings can be found at https://www.ocsu.org/documents/school-boards/2025-2026-school-board-agendas-and-minutes/784126
Neil Urie (LRUEMSD) nurie@ocsu.org
Richard Carbonetti (LRUHS) rcarbonetti@ocsu.org
For October, during Fire Safety & Prevention month, our PTCA delivered an "open vending machine" to the Orleans Fire Department as a token of our appreciation for their dedication, sacrifice and service to our community.
If you have suggestions of how we can support those "Outside the Owl's Nest", please email oesptca@gmail.com.
Modern Band Concert at LR October 24th
Barton - The Lake Region UHS presents our annual Modern Band concert on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 PM in the LR Gymnasium. The LR Jazz Band, Modern band and solo vocalists will present music by Tower of Power, John Coltrane, Rodgers & Hart, Charles Mingus, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, CCR, Robert Johnson, Goodbye June, Couch, Evanescence, Tracy Chapman, Cranberries, and originals. Artwork by the LR visual arts students will be on display. Our Community Spaghetti supper starts at 5:30 PM, free to all concert goers. Admission is free but donations will be accepted to benefit the Music Activities and Scholarship Fund. This show is supervised by Dr. Sara Doncaster, LR Music Director at LR; and Chris Doncaster, bassist and LR Modern Band Instructor. For further information, please call Dr. Doncaster at (802) 754-2500 x219, or email sdoncaster@ocsu.org
Last week, 7th and 8th graders from BCS had the opportunity to attend the STEM & Career fair at Northern Vermont University, Lyndon campus. Students learned about important career fields through a variety of activities, got to hear from and talk with professionals, and had some fun at a college campus!
the person showing unsafe behavior
students and staff impacted by the unsafe behavior
the school building and related property
Threat assessment is not an adversarial process; many threats are a cry for help. Having a team approach with a clear process allows for the safety of everyone involved. The process is designed to address, evaluate, and manage threatening behavior and troubling situations that may impact school safety. OCSU’s guide is based on best practices created by the U.S. Secret Service & U.S. Department of Education, and the need to follow these best practices are mandated by the Senate and House.
To learn more about behavioral threat assessment in OCSU, please visit this website. To report a potential incident please do one of the following:
Contact your school principal or the superintendent of schools (1-802-525-1204)
Email the team at: crisis@ocsu.org
Use our dedicated crisis form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAD01ohaIZa9tcu8F9KWYNK6KaPejqZFjt9ZgRgLoNrNAzSw/viewform
The Lake Region UHS presents our annual Modern Band concert on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 PM in the LR Gymnasium. There will be a Community Spaghetti Supper in the Cafeteria starting at 5:30 PM, free to concert goers. Artwork by the LR visual arts students will be on display. The LR Jazz Band, Modern band and solo vocalists will present music by Tower of Power, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, CCR, Robert Johnson, Goodbye June, Couch, Evanescence, Tracy Chapman and originals. Admission is free but donations will be accepted to benefit the Music Activities and Scholarship Fund. This show is supervised by Dr. Sara Doncaster, LR Music Director at LR; and Chris Doncaster, bassist and LR Modern Band Instructor. For further information, please call Dr. Doncaster at (802) 754-2500 x219, or email sdoncaster@ocsu.org
📍LRUHS Board Meeting - Monday, September 29, 2025, 6:00PM
👉 Join in person: Lake Region Union High School
👉 Join by link: meet.google.com/ejv-nxmx-ygm
👉Join by phone: (US) +1 443-601-9492 PIN: 321 263 275#
✅Agenda: https://www.ocsu.org/documents/school-boards/2025-2026-school-board-agendas-and-minutes/lake-region-union-high-school-district/10-06-2025-lr/
👉 Board meeting agendas, past meeting minutes, and recorded meetings can be found at https://www.ocsu.org/documents/school-boards/2025-2026-school-board-agendas-and-minutes/lake-region-union-high-school-district/829040
