Starting this August, students, parents, teachers, and other employees at Olga Reed School in Los Alamos will be represented by a new school district.
The State Board of Education approved the merger of Los Alamos and Orcutt school districts on July 14. The decision will condense the typically 12- to 18-month timeline of the merger, making the decision retroactive to July 1.
“From now through early August, we will be finalizing decisions on staffing, programs, and budgeting for Olga Reed for the 2011-2012 school year,” Orcutt Union School District Superintendent Bob Bush said in a press release. “We will be ready for the first day of school on August 24.”
Olga Reed is a K-8 school with an enrollment of approximately 240 students, and was the only school in the former Los Alamos district.
This article appears in Jul 21-28, 2011.