The Bolt

LAPEER, Michigan — For Brad Keast, and all parents, there’s nothing more important than the safety and well-being of our kids. Once they walk out the door, we trust that they will always look out for themselves and, even more importantly, that others will look out for them — this is a mark of a […]

Lapeer Community Schools (LCS) is proud to be among the latest Marshall Plan for Talent Innovation grant recipients. The nearly $14 million in grants, announced on Friday, will be shared among 13 talent consortia and over 500 entities. Consortia shaped their applications around five key high-demand, high-wage sectors: healthcare, information technology/computer science, manufacturing, and other […]

Letter to Students from LCS Superintendent Matt Wandrie: As we enter the final stretch of the school year, I want to encourage all students to finish out the year in a productive and positive way. This time of year brings a lot excitement with year-end activities, graduation ceremonies and summer plans. During this time, we […]

On Friday, members of one of the District’s 1-4 Priority Committee took a site visit to North Branch Elementary, inside our neighboring District to the north and east. The District’s most recent strategic plan and bond proposal calls for the use of the East Campus (currently Lapeer High School) to be re-configured as Lapeer Elementary […]

As we communicated last week, the bill passed by the state legislature to provide relief to school districts plagued by inclement weather was only in need of Governor Whitmer’s signature. The bill, which is only a temporary solution, has been signed into law. The effect of the bill for Lapeer Community Schools is pretty simple: […]

Over the weekend, we are proud to have nine LCS students place in the state MITES (Michigan Industrial Technology Education Society) competition in Bellaire including one student, sophomore Dylan Fantin, who received a first place award (photo above). Check out the above video to get a visual of the quality of work presented at the […]

As you may have heard, under a new bill passed by the state legislature, Michigan school districts would not have to reschedule up to four cancelled days that occurred during a declared state of emergency. While the bill has been passed by the House and Senate, it does not become law until it is signed […]