Lakeland Village School (Lake Elsinore, California)
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Lakeland Village School is a publicly funded school in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District
, in California
. It was opened in 2006 as the Lakeland Village Middle School with a student population of 900. It was built at a cost of $33 million. In June, 2010 the school board closed the nearby Butterfield Elementary School
and moved its entire population of students and teachers 3 miles south to the Lakeland Village Middle School campus and renamed the school the Lakeland Village School. It combined the Butterfield student population with half of Lakeland Village Middle School’s existing 6th–8th grade student population and teachers making it the district’s first K–8 school. The remainder of the student population and teachers will be moved to other nearby middle school campuses. The school opens as a K–8 school in August 2010, with an approximate student population of 1200.
The school’s auditorium was renamed the Butterfield Performing Arts Center, in memory of Butterfield Elementary School’s fifteen year history as the home of Riverside County’s first visual and performing arts magnet school.
for 2009. With an API gain of 111 points, Lakeland Village Middle School was the highest-improving middle school in the state for 2009.
In The fall of 2009 in an effort to save budget funds it was proposed to combine the nearby Butterfield Elementary School (K-5)
with part of Lakeland Village's grades 6 - 8 population, by moving the entire Butterfield student population of 760 onto the campus of the middle school, thus creating a new K- 8 facility. Approximately half of the existing Lakeland Village Middle School student and staff population, about 450 students, would need to move to nearby underutilized middle schools. On February 11, 2010 the Lake Elsinore Unified School District Governing Board voted to close the Butterfield campus and proceed with the conversion of the Lakeland Village Middle School into a K-8th grade facility. This new school combination was renamed as the Lakeland Village School, and should open with a student population of between 1100 and 1200 students in August of 2010. Rita Post was named as the new principal of the school since Principal Billie DaVolt was retiring at the end of the 2009/2010 school year.
A $1.5 million contract was awarded on May 13, 2010 with Erickson-Hall Construction to participate in the reconfiguration of the Lakeland Village K-8 School project. A contract was also awarded to lease seven refurbished portable classrooms for two years at $81,655.
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
Lake Elsinore Unified School District was formed on July 1, 1989, when the Elsinore Union High School District merged with the Lake Elsinore School District . The Lake Elsinore Unified School District is a public school district located in Lake Elsinore, California, USA...
, in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It was opened in 2006 as the Lakeland Village Middle School with a student population of 900. It was built at a cost of $33 million. In June, 2010 the school board closed the nearby Butterfield Elementary School
Butterfield Elementary School (Lake Elsinore, California)
Butterfield Elementary School was a publicly funded grade school in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, in California. It was named after the old Butterfield Overland Stage route which runs in front of the school. It provided many innovative programs to its students...
and moved its entire population of students and teachers 3 miles south to the Lakeland Village Middle School campus and renamed the school the Lakeland Village School. It combined the Butterfield student population with half of Lakeland Village Middle School’s existing 6th–8th grade student population and teachers making it the district’s first K–8 school. The remainder of the student population and teachers will be moved to other nearby middle school campuses. The school opens as a K–8 school in August 2010, with an approximate student population of 1200.
The school’s auditorium was renamed the Butterfield Performing Arts Center, in memory of Butterfield Elementary School’s fifteen year history as the home of Riverside County’s first visual and performing arts magnet school.
History
The school, originally called Lakeland Village Middle School, was opened on August 21, 2006 with a student population of about 900. The district's fifth middle school, the eight-building campus cost $33 million to build and includes a full-service gymnasium, a multipurpose room, a library and six classroom buildings. The former principal at David A. Brown Middle School, Billie DaVolt was named as the school's principal and served from the school's opening in 2006 until its redesignation as a K-8 school in the Spring of 2010. It was officially named a California Distinguished SchoolCalifornia Distinguished School
A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a selection...
for 2009. With an API gain of 111 points, Lakeland Village Middle School was the highest-improving middle school in the state for 2009.
In The fall of 2009 in an effort to save budget funds it was proposed to combine the nearby Butterfield Elementary School (K-5)
Butterfield Elementary School (Lake Elsinore, California)
Butterfield Elementary School was a publicly funded grade school in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, in California. It was named after the old Butterfield Overland Stage route which runs in front of the school. It provided many innovative programs to its students...
with part of Lakeland Village's grades 6 - 8 population, by moving the entire Butterfield student population of 760 onto the campus of the middle school, thus creating a new K- 8 facility. Approximately half of the existing Lakeland Village Middle School student and staff population, about 450 students, would need to move to nearby underutilized middle schools. On February 11, 2010 the Lake Elsinore Unified School District Governing Board voted to close the Butterfield campus and proceed with the conversion of the Lakeland Village Middle School into a K-8th grade facility. This new school combination was renamed as the Lakeland Village School, and should open with a student population of between 1100 and 1200 students in August of 2010. Rita Post was named as the new principal of the school since Principal Billie DaVolt was retiring at the end of the 2009/2010 school year.
A $1.5 million contract was awarded on May 13, 2010 with Erickson-Hall Construction to participate in the reconfiguration of the Lakeland Village K-8 School project. A contract was also awarded to lease seven refurbished portable classrooms for two years at $81,655.
Principals over the years
The historical record is as follows:| Dates | Principal | Length of tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 to 2010 | Billie DaVolt | 4 years |
| 2010 to | Rita Post | new 2010-2011 |