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With all trustees present, the North Lamar ISD school board Wednesday gave unanimous approval to apply for $1.152 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief II funds provided

Architects share design plans for the new North Lamar ISD elementary school along with projected timelines for other construction projects related to $51.55 million bond proposal voters approved in May.

“One of the things we have to do to get our kids back and to get our average daily attendance up is to raise expectations in the classroom,” Assistant Superintendent

Action-packed summer day camps planned for East Texas The Mentoring Alliance Summer Camps are designed to develop students spiritually, physically and mentally while having a blast for 10 weeks. Author: Dana Hughey (CBS 19) Published: 1:15 PM CDT May 14, 2021 Updated: 1:16 PM CDT May 14, 2021 TYLER, Texas — Summer is just around the corner. Parents know that its hard keeping kids busy and not bored during the summertime.  The Mentoring Alliance...

As the results come in from the May 1 local and school elections, the results will be posted here. All of the North Lamar bond propositions passed. The $51.55 million bond measure — the latest of several in the past five years. This time, the bond was broken up into five different propositions, so voters can choose which propositions they would like to move forward with. Proposition A focuses on aging classrooms and academics, with $43 million for demolishing Higgins Elementary and constru...

A roughly $49 million bond proposal is in the works at North Lamar ISD, similar yet different from one called a year ago and then canceled when school trustees became concerned about the effect the coronavirus pandemic might have on the local economy. Acting on results from a district-wide survey conducted Dec. 15-21 by a national research firm, a Community Advisory Committee made a number of changes in the current proposal, opting to remove turf from athletic fields and to save portions of Bai...

If a possible North Lamar ISD bond election was held today, it would go down 52% to 40% in defeat, but a well-planned information campaign could reverse the trend, according