It's time to start thinking about Classified Employee of the Year!!..  We have some changes to the procedure this year.  We would like each building site to recommend one person, so each site participates and no site is left out.  From all district sites winners will be chosen.  Look for an email in the next few weeks.

What:  A celebration recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through K-12 student entries of essays, speeches, poetry and art. The theme for this year’s event is “Let us stand up. Let us be a concerned generation.”

When/Where:  1:00-3:30 p.m., Monday, January 15. The MLK March for Justice and Equality begins at 1:00 p.m. this year at the Springfield Justice Center at 230 4th Street, followed by a celebration from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Springfield High School, 875 7th Street.

The Keynote Speakers for this event will be the speech contest winners (to be announced).

Who:  All community members and

The Springfield Public Schools district offices will soon be moving to their new space at 640 A Street in Springfield, just north of City Hall. As previously reported, the district’s Administration Building, located at 525 Mill Street, was declared “seismically unsound” in a 2015 engineer’s report. After considering a number of options, the district determined that renovating a different building was more cost-effective than either bringing the existing building up to code or building a new structure.

The move will take place during the first week of winter break – Dec. 18 through 22 – during