Litchfield School Board Meeting

The Litchfield School Board had a brief meeting yesterday prior to a work session with Barb Dorn from the Minnesota School Board Association. Superintendent Susan Burris spoke to the Board about some upcoming events.

A school board candidate forum is coming up on Tuesday, October 22nd, in the Litchfield High School Choir Room at 7 p.m. The documentary “Letters to Eleanore” will be shown on October 23rd in the High School Commons at 6 p.m. Burris says it will feature Litchfield Middle School student Olivia Haralson. Burris also shared the latest enrollment numbers which show a total of 1,525 students in the Litchfield School District as of October 10th – down 4 students from the census taken on September 4th.

The student council representatives – Allie Kargas and Addie Zens – recapped events from homecoming week. They also told the Board that the Student Council is coordinating a blood drive on November 14th from 8-to-2 in the High School Gym.

Litchfield School Board Chair Alex Carlson also spoke yesterday during the meeting about some historical artifacts that had been donated to the Litchfield School District including some High School newspapers from 1931 and aerial photos of school district property from 1964.