By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion Dragons varsity girls cross country team put up a valiant effort but lost 37-21 (low score wins) to Rochester Adams during a dual meet at Lake Orion on Sept. 16. Coach Debi McDonald said that she sees progress in her young team and that brings hope for […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer In the upcoming Nov. 3 general election, nine residents of Orion Township will go head to head in a race for one of the four open seats. While there are four seats up for grabs, there are also two candidates running for re-election: Vice President Birgit McQuiston and Trustee Scott […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer With the start of another school year on the horizon, Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education met for their final meeting before the start of school on Sept. 8. During their last meeting on Aug. 26, the board unanimously voted to begin the school year in a fully remote […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance, John Fitzgerald updated the board on the status of the district’s finances. Earlier in the summer, Fitzgerald informed the board that the district was anticipating a $600 cut in per-pupil funding. It is now anticipated that the per-pupil funding cut will only be $175 […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer In preparation for the start of the 2020-2021 school year, Lake Orion Community Schools has made several announcements in recent weeks that will likely aid in the district’s remote learning come the fall. First, after announcing that the district will begin the school year fully remote, administrators were also able […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Lake Orion Community School’s Board of Education meeting on Aug. 12 had a clear shift in energy from the beginning when it was revealed that the board had received 16 public participation emails, far more than the district traditionally receives. Each email centered around the same thing: the return […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer As Lake Orion Community Schools prepares for the start of another school year, things look far different than years before. Aside from the guidelines set forth by both the district and state that have drastically changed how schooling will occur, LOCS is also welcoming a new superintendent, Ben Kirby. The […]
Student-athletes, coaches, spectators will have to follow new pandemic procedures By Teddy Rydquist Review Sports Writer On July 29, the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) approved the next steps in returning sports for their member institutions, adopting a plan to phase-in competition for fall athletic activities to limit the spread […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer During the early summer months, Lake Orion Community Schools held out hope that at some point this summer they would be able to hold an in-person graduation ceremony for the 2020 graduating class. While many things have been up in the air, LOCS was able to pull off a graduation […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer During their July 22 meeting, Lake Orion Community School’s presented their return to school plan for the fall. In last week’s issue of The Lake Orion Review we covered LOCS’s in-person learning option. The second option for student’s, this coming school year, is a fully online virtual learning option. Virtual […]