Mustang Minutes
1/25/26
Welcome to the last week of January. Last week was an exciting one for myself and my family. I was offered and accepted the Principal position for Raymond Central JH/HS. Over the past 3 1/2 years I have grown to appreciate and love this district in so many ways. I hope that as a Principal I can help Raymond Central continue to be an incredible place for students, staff and community. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of such an awesome school district.
I will continue to serve as the AD/AP through the end of June and will transition from that position over the Summer. To clear up any questions, the More Than a Field campaign is through the RC Community Foundation and will continue to pursue its goals and mission. I am proud of the work that has been done and we will continue to push forward to reaching our goals. Thank you to all of you that have supported this project.
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LATEST UPDATES
We will have weekly updates on progress and celebrations on the More Than a Field project. The Raymond Central Community Foundation is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization ran by volunteers. This is a separate entity from Raymond Central Public Schools.
New News
- The Donor Tile Wall has been delivered and will be installed when it warms up and dries out. Thank you to TMCO for donating this portion so all of the family and individual donations could go straight to the project. Didn't get a chance to get your name on it? You still can even after installation!
- We are making great progress toward a lease purchase proposal in February to start construction this Spring.
- We have passed the $1 million mark in funds and support raised for the project. The $1 million includes individual/family donations, business sponsorships, fundraising efforts, grants and donated in-kind services. The original quoted cost of phase one was $6.3 million. We are now at a point that we will be able to complete phase 1 for under $2 million. That means we are still fundraising but we are hoping to continue to show progress in steps so we are ready to move forward without delay.
- The new driveway is fully operational. Take an opportunity to drive on it. The drive has multiple curves to keep speed down.
- We are continuing to fundraise for Phase 1 of our Project. We will start construction as we feel confident we have the funding necessary to complete each step.
Old News
- The school board approved a lease purchase option for this project. TO BE CLEAR, this lease purchase is not to fund the project by the school. It allows our foundation to extend donations and sponsorships over the course over a few years. This allows us to have a business commit to a total amount and spread the payments over 3-5 years. The FOUNDATION is responsible for the payments on the lease purchase and ONLY funds that have a contract will be allowed to be drawn. The total lease purchase amount may not ever get used. This gives the foundation flexibility to move forward with the project and allow sponsors to spread payments over a few years.
- Phase 1 of the project is still being funded without the use of taxpayer dollars. We are very proud of this fact.