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The jr high wing needs to go

Here is something I looked at really hard. I tried to come up with a solution to make the former military building functional for our school. the biggest problem is the difference in the level between the high school building and the original military buildings. this presents a difficult problem when it comes to access and traffic flow, plus it is an ADA… Continue

Added by Eldon McFarling on July 21, 2008 at 10:36am — No Comments

Moving the 6th grade to the high school

For anyone reading this that is not familiar with the 6th grade at Raymond Central Schools, the Ceresco school is K-5, Valparaiso is K-6 so all 6th grade students from the district attend classes in Valparaiso. Not an ideal situation because of the location

After talking with the elementary principals recently I found out our current buildings are at capacity. The 08-09 kindergarten class is so large it has been split into 4 classes which required some creative re-arranging at both… Continue

Added by Eldon McFarling on July 16, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

History of the Raymond Central Public School District

The History of Raymond Central Public Schools District #161, more commonly referred to as Raymond Central Public Schools, was founded in 1966. On August 2, 1966 District #19 in Raymond, voted to merge with Ceresco and Valparaiso into the new district, #161. An abandoned Nike Missile site was given to District 161 by the federal government as a 21-acre site for the Junior-Senior High School. At the time, many buildings were already at the site, but a… Continue

Added by Eldon McFarling on June 26, 2008 at 3:59am — No Comments

About the website

Friends, I created this site to make available a user friendly place to share information related to improving facilities at Raymond Central Public Schools. The school board and architects have been soliciting input from patrons of the district for some time now, however this has been primarily through meetings held at the high school. Many folks cannot attend these meetings so I thought this site would be a convienient way for folks to chime in and share their thoughts. I believe the… Continue

Added by Eldon McFarling on June 19, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Website info

And another thing. This is just an informal easy to communicate without a stamp or envelope sort of thing. Kinda like if we got together to brainstorm in the family room, so feel free to share your thoughts. Welcome to the Raymond Central Public School "

WE CAN DO IT" social network and public forum website. I created this site to share information about improvements needed at our high school site and for input on what folks would like to see done. Also as a convenient place… Continue

Added by Eldon McFarling on March 9, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments