Dear LMS Community,

I'm so excited to send this late newsletter to you sharing that we will be back together tomorrow at school! Details can be found in the newsletter which is linked here:

https://www.smore.com/c071d

Tomorrow, Monday November 27th is a 2 hour late start. Buses will follow their usual route and pick up exactly 2 hours later than usual. The doors open at 11 a.m. and school starts promptly at 11:15 a.m. We will have schedules and locker combinations printed and ready for our students. 

We are so excited to see everyone tomorrow!

Warmly,

Rosemarie El Youssef

LMS Principal

relyoussef@pps.net

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We need our community and PAT’s bargaining team to recognize that we are not unwilling to accept their proposal: we are unable. Even the proposal we have made will require at least $45 million in structural budget cuts over the next three years.