2021 Central Lee Homecoming Court
Best of luck to these top-notch seniors!
Congratulations to our high school marching band on a great weekend in Mt. Pleasant and Ft. Madison. Our students earned a 1st place and 2nd place rating with outstanding color guard, drum major, percussion and horn line caption awards.
Congratulations to our Volleyball Team for advancing to the conference finals on Saturday @ SCC! The game can be live streamed from the following links below.
https://youtu.be/1izb7FNEEbs
https://www.sccblackhawks.com/blueframe
Congratulations to our Homecoming 2021 Candidates!
Central Lee is looking forward to a safe and memorable Homecoming next weekend. Queen and king will be crowned during the halftime of the football game on Friday, October 1st.
Variety Show coming to CLHS! Join the fun!
Central Lee Alumni Marching Band- October 1st
Central Lee Homecoming Parade 2021
NEW VIDEO: At Central Lee, our students have access to a wide range of programs & opportunities that prepare them for life beyond the classroom. Our Career & College Readiness framework empowers students to become aware of and explore real-world skills. This video showcases another example of those opportunities.
Learn more: https://www.centrallee.org/page/career-college-readiness
#CTEWorksForCL
Today, we celebrate the IT professionals who ensure our students maintain access to the technology they need to learn in the 21st century!
We would like to especially thank Kris Brewer, Tech Director for Central Lee. We appreciate all your tremendous work, each and every day!
The Varsity Volleyball tournament scheduled for tomorrow at Keokuk has been CANCELLED.
Have a great weekend!
While it might not be a widely celebrated holiday, Constitution Day is an opportunity to explore and discuss the most important document in our nation’s history.
Read more about the U.S. Constitution and how it was created: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/constitutional-convention/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjo2JBhCRARIsAFG667VjWSGYD2wmRude7tMXcQfKHi81zzgy_G3sHZehZtPO-x2ywzRSs84aAvNeEALw_wcB
Central Lee CSD would like to thank Connection Bank for their generous donation to help pay for the LED scores table in our new gym! Connection Bank is a long standing supporter of Central Lee CSD. We are thankful for the continued support!
Pictured below is Eric Van Ausdall (Connection Bank), Abby Kesselring (Connection Bank), Kim Fehseke (Connection Bank), Nicole Herdrich (High School Principal), Dr. Andy Crozier (Superintendent), and Wes McGraw (Activities Director). #Proud2bCL
The start time for the Middle School Volleyball game today has been changed again by the hosting school back to the original time:
4:30 PM at HTC in West Point - GO HAWKS!
Students in Agricultural Education II classes at Central Lee high school are learning important aspects of soil science. Students learn technical knowledge while in the classroom and apply those important lessons to real-life situations. Ag-Ed II(sophomores) are preparing for upcoming soil judging events where they will determine the importance of land use and management. Ms. Sadie Smithburg(right), a student teacher from IowaState University is teaching a lesson in soil texture. (L-R) Abbie Strunk, Carly Vanderpool, and Josie Mueller. #CTEworksforCL
Tomorrow's MS Volleyball game vs. HTC in West Point will start at 4:00 PM. (This is a change from the time on the schedule.)
Go Hawks!
Several students from the Central Lee Ag-Ed and FFA toured Agri-Plastics in Fairfield, Iowa recently. Front(L-R) Mya Lampe, Maddie Wellman, Everlee Harvey, Dustin Newberry, Madalyn Wiegand, Adrienne Britt. (back) Mr. Tom Boeck—Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor, Makayla Morrison, Trey Wellman, Mr. Noah Altenhofen--Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor, Landon Rudd, Gannon Wells, Payton Stevens, and Aidan Boyer.
Homecoming shirt orders are due tomorrow, September 15th!
Get your order forms here > https://5il.co/y3na (youth sizes > https://5il.co/y3n8)
Contact the High School office with any questions.
Please be aware there will be road construction near our campus starting tomorrow. Expect delays and be drive safely as you enter and exit our campus.
Central Lee Community, Parents, and Students,
In September of each year, the Central Lee Community School District has an independent firm audit its financial records. At the completion of this audit, the district submits a variety of financial reports, certifying our records for the previous school year. We have just recently completed these actions and are ready to provide a financial update to you.
Our district continues to be in a strong financial position. The main indicator of financial health is our unspent spending authority, which is the amount of money the district can legally spend in one year. It is not the amount of cash the district has or the amount of revenue coming in. Rather, we tend to think of this as our “credit.”
Unspent spending authority has been used by the state of Iowa as an indicator of school district financial health for many years. Our number at the conclusion of FY21 (2020-21) was $3,495,218. For comparison, in 2006, the district had an unspent spending authority of $360,386. Central Lee has seen a steady increase in this number for several years.
The board and I have worked hard to invest in new curriculum resources, add staff, and maintain programming without jeopardizing our financial position for the future. In 2019-20, we added five full-time positions to the district budget. We added three more for 2020-21 and two more for 2021-22. This past year, we approved a 3.5% wage increase for all staff and are committed to a 3% increase for 2022-23. This will help us retain high-quality staff and make us more competitive when searching for new professionals to add to our team.
We will continue to invest in staffing and resources as long as it does not jeopardize our future fiscal stability. This does not mean we say “yes” to every request. We have been very focused on putting resources in areas we feel help us meet the areas set forth in our strategic plan.
If you have any questions regarding school finances, please do not hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
Dr. Andy Crozier
Superintendent
Reminder: We will be holding our first Sports Boosters Meeting on Wednesday, September 15th at 6pm in the High School Commons. All parents with athletes in grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend.
