Lakeland Highlights

In 2023, Idaho established the School District Facilities Fund (Idaho Code 33-911) to help school districts pay for facility construction and renovations while also providing property tax relief.

• Funding is based on the best 28 weeks of student attendance from the prior year.

• Districts with existing voter-approved bonds or levies must apply this funding toward those amounts first.

• Districts are required to report facility funding to the county to prevent double taxation.

For the 2025–2026 school year, Lakeland received $4 million in facility funds. This reduced the amount levied on taxpayers for the $7.52 million supplemental levy to about $3.52 million with the state covering the difference.

Since 2023, Lakeland Joint School District taxpayers have benefited from over $8.12 million in property tax relief thanks to this program.

Because the funding varies each year, Idaho Code 34-914 prohibits districts from including projected property tax relief in levy ballot language.

Jessica Grantham - Chief Finance Officer

If you would like to review the Lakeland Jt. School District's annual budget, yearly audit, monthly expenditures, contracts, monthly financial reports, and other financial information, please go to https://www.sd272.org/financials

Our TRUST Statement defines how we expect to treat one another in the Lakeland District. TRUST is an acronym that stands for:

• Trust Each Other – Build relationships grounded in honesty and reliability.

• Respect Each Other – Every person has value and deserves to be heard.

• Unity – Stand together to understand one another and work toward common goals.

• Support Each Other – Help one another grow, especially during challenges.

• Transparency – Be open and honest, while using good judgment in how we communicate.

Students from Betty Kiefer Elementary helped kick off the school year by being the first recipients of the district’s new TRUST Awards, a program created by the Lakeland Jt. School District to celebrate students who exemplify Trust, Respect, Unity, Support, and Transparency. These outstanding students were selected for consistently demonstrating these core values in their school and community. This marks the first-ever presentation of the TRUST Awards, which will be given out monthly, highlighting students from a different school each time who model what it means to build trust and community within Lakeland schools.

Receiving the Awards were:

Jaxon Buchanan - Kindergarten

Raelyn Jansen - 1st

Ember Weitz - 2nd

Wyatt Janicki - 3rd

Bexlyn Stutheit - 4th

Jake Sanders - 5th

Their Principal, Mrs. Hoffman said, "These students show up each day with a smile on their face and kindness in their heart. They are selfless in their actions with classmates and teachers and always strive to put forth their best effort! Our BKE community is a better place with them in it! "

Each of our schools have a clothing closet for students to access whenever they are in need. If your student is in need, please contact your school counselor.

Thank you to the Coeur Group and Cup of Grace for supporting our students.

Thank You, Northwest Specialty Hospital!

Our GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) students had an incredible field trip to Northwest Specialty Hospital, where they learned about the fascinating world of robotic surgery. Students explored how surgical robots are used to increase precision and safety in the operating room. They even had the opportunity to test the robotic arm that places screws during "surgery" and use the computer system to practice placing screws just like real surgeons! *No actual surgeries were involved:)

A huge thank-you to the staff at Northwest Specialty Hospital for providing such an educational and inspiring experience!

Thank you, TMobile for the chance to win the Friday Night 5g Lights Contest. Lakeland High School earned $30,000 and the 1 in 25 opportunity to win a 1 million dollar stadium makeover. While they finished in 4th place, we were overwhelmed to see the community support. Thank you to everyone that voted and supported Lakeland High School!

Both the boys and girls Timberlake Cross Country teams are District Champions! At the State Meet, the boys team finished 3rd, while the girls team brought home the State Championship.

From the boys team, individual State placings were: Johnny Barnhart – 4th, Caleb Royce – 8th, and Josh Yeager – 20th.

From the girls team, individual State placings were: Lola Eggleston – 3rd, Vanessa McLachlan – 4th, and Malia Miller – 20th.

Congratulations to all the Timberlake XC athletes and coaches on an outstanding season!

The Lakeland XC girls team qualified for state competition with multiple athletes from both the boys and the girls team qualifying individually. Frank McCarthy placed 14th at State competition. Congratulations, Hawks!

Lakeland football won its first round of playoff competition and moves on to play Hillcrest on Friday, November 7. Good Luck, Hawks!

🍁November 5 - Lakeland Board of Trustees Meeting 6 p.m. at the Lakeland Jt. School District Office

🍁November 7 - End of First Quarter Secondary

🍁 November 11 - Veterans Day

🍁November 19 - Lakeland Board of Trustees Meeting 6pm

🍁November 20 - End of First Trimester Elementary

🍁November 21 - Professional Day No School for Students

🍁 November 24-28 - Thanksgiving Break - No School for Students

🍁November 27 - Thanksgiving

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