Lansing School District 158

In-person school for all students will resume tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22). Temperatures are expected to increase significantly from today but may still be colder in the morning. Please help your students dress accordingly and contact the office of your child's school with any questions. We appreciate all of the great work demonstrated today during E-Learning!

Lansing 2025 Spring Registration. Saturday, February 15 from 10am to 12pm and Thursday, February 20 from 6pm to 8pm at St. John Lutheran Church

We are writing to inform you about a recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, the software provider for our Student Information System (SIS). PowerSchool has communicated an unauthorized breach of customer data that may include names, birthdates, contact information, and potentially other sensitive data like medical information. This incident is part of a larger national data breach affecting thousands of school districts. PowerSchool has informed districts that the breach was contained and measures have been taken to prevent further unauthorized access. However, we encourage our families and staff to keep an eye on your accounts and credit reports as a precaution and will keep you informed if anything further develops from this.

School for all students will resume on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Our offices will be open 12:45-4:00 PM on Monday, January 6, 2025. Please contact your child's school with any questions. We hope all of our stakeholders had a wonderful Winter Break and wish everyone health, happiness, and success in 2025. Happy New Year!

Oak Glen's classes with Mrs. Forsyth, Mrs. Kern, Ms. Kubik and Ms. Cruz, Mrs. Annicks, and Mrs. Fortin were visited by Memorial's Mighty Mustangs Achieve Leaders who read stories about holidays around the world! #OakGlenGrizzlies #MightyMustangs

Memorial started a new Lunch Buddies program with the Lansing Police Department before Winter Break! This initiative pairs sixth and seventh graders with mentor officers who will meet with our students every other week. #MightyMustangs

Memorial's Recycling Club is teaching students about ecology and making holiday gifts! Thank you to Ms. Zadrozny and Ms. Salazar for leading this group. Remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle over the holidays! #MightyMustangs

Today a STAY INSIDE protocol was implemented at all of our schools when the police communicated a threat in the community. A suspect was quickly apprehended and the STAY INSIDE procedure has been lifted. All students and staff are safe. Please contact your child's school with any questions.

Tree lighting at Fox Pointe will take place this Friday, November 29 at 5:00 PM and the tree can be visited through Sunday, December 22. Thank you to Mrs. Hileman at Reavis for decorating our tree! We hope all of our stakeholders have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

So cool seeing all of the balloons created by every Oak Glen student lining our halls to celebrate the Macy’s Day Parade. Happy Thanksgiving! #OakGlenExtraordinaire

District 158 has a tree at Fox Pointe! Thank you to Mrs. Hileman at Reavis for decorating. The trees will be on display from November 29 until December 22. We hope all of our stakeholders have a great Thanksgiving! #158Strong #RoadrunnerPride

Thank you to author Brandye Phillips and the Jesse White Tumblers for sponsoring an Ant-Bullying Assembly at Coolidge that also included fifth graders from Oak Glen, Reavis, and Lansing Christian! Principal Mrs. Foster enjoyed participating in the performance and the event included strategies for students to use when confronted with bullying. #158Strong #CoolidgeCares #OakGlenExtraordinaire #RoadrunnerPride

Oak Glen's Mrs. Sechowski, Mr. Like, and Mr. Earnshaw completed the Chicago Marathon and raised support for Autism Speaks, Lurie Children’s Hospital, and Mercy Home for Boys and Girls! #OakGlenExtraordinaire

Mrs. Surges’s third graders at Oak Glen are in the autumn spirit with Candy Corn Science! #OakGlenExtraordinaire

Oak Glen students and staff had a blast spending the afternoon with Dana and Ian Bowen. So inspiring to hear his story of being paralyzed to running a marathon - mindset is everything! #OakGlenExtraordinaire

Lansing School District 158 continuously strives to provide a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment within which our students can learn and our staff members can work. We value the contributions and diversity of our team that help to support the District’s mission of educating Lansing’s children in a caring place. On October 4, 2024, the Executive Director of Human Resources sent an email to staff that failed to align with the District’s mission, goals, and expectations. A prompt and thorough investigation of this incident and its impact on the school environment took place. Throughout this process, the District respectfully allowed individuals who were negatively impacted by the email to have their thoughts and feelings heard while also considering the position of the Executive Director. After carefully reflecting on the conduct at issue, its impact on the environment of the District, and hearing directly from staff members and the Executive Director of Human Resources, the Board of Education determined that she could no longer effectively continue to serve in her administrative role. As a result, the Board voted unanimously to immediately terminate her contract as Executive Director of Human Resources. In accordance with her tenure rights under the Illinois School Code, the Executive Director was transferred to a teaching position for which she holds the proper credentials. Her compensation and benefits in this role have been adjusted to align with the collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Education and the Lansing Education Association.

Today at 11:40 AM, the blue light emergency system was accidentally activated at Coolidge Elementary School. Police responded immediately and all students and staff are safe. We apologize for any disruptions this may have caused and appreciate our staff who responded quickly and identified the false alarm.